First Edition. Escape, Evasion and Revenge: The True Story of a German-Jewish RAF Pilot Who Bombed Berlin and Became a POW. Marc H Stevens. 184884106x. Pen & Sword Aviation, Barnsley, 2009, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, Nf/nf 223 pp, 24 pages of b/w plates Tiny rub on top lead corners. WW2, aviation, bomber, RAF, German Jew. 41862 MILIT HIST aviation £2850.

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Title: Escape, Evasion and Revenge: German, Jewish, Raf Bomber Pilot and Great Escaper
Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 184884106X
ISBN 13: 9781848841062
Binding: hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

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Peter Stevens was a German-Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi persecution as a teenager in 1933. He joined the RAF in 1939 and after eighteen months of pilot training he started flying bombing missions against his own country. He completed twenty-two missions before being shot down and taken prisoner by the Nazis in September 1941. To escape became his raison d'etre and his great advantage was that he was in his native country. He was recaptured after each of his several escapes, but the Nazis never realized his true identity. He took part in the logistics and planning of several major breakouts, including The Great Escape, but was never successful in getting back to England.After liberation, when the true nature of his exploits came to light, he was awarded the Military Cross. He then served as a British spy at the beginning of the Cold War before emigrating to Canada to resume a normal life. This is the story of a heavily conflicted young man, alone in a world that is in the mids

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THE pilot of AD 936 heard the welcome words "bombs gone" over his intercom and with relief turned his twin-engined Handley Page Hampden back
--express.co.uk/posts/view/144427/Bravery-of-the-German-Jew-who-flew-RAF-bombers-over-his-homeland#

This book tells a truly remarkable story. To his family in post-war Canada Peter Stevens was a war hero, a member of RAF bomber command, and a prisoner of war who had been familiar with --historyofwar.org/bookpage/stevens_escape_evasion_revenge.html

What a great story. I wonder though what it felt like to be dropping bombs onto his own people, that surely had to be hard to deal with. A very interesting story and he was lucky --goldwingfacts.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=93005&forum_id=3

Marc Stevens enriches the ever-growing archive of historical evidence in the form of biography that is essential to preserving the memory of men like Peter Stevens --jewishjournal.com/twelve_twelve/article/a_jew_who_fought_the_nazis_20100916/

Peter Stevens moved to Canada without ever revealing his Jewish heritage. His son Marc has written the gripping story of his father's life after discovering his true identity. --kofflerarts.org/Whats-On/Event-Detail/?recordid=99

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