Footprints on the Sands of Time: RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 - Hardcover

Clutton-Brock, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904010350 ISBN 13: 9781904010357

Publisher: Grub Street Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The first part of this book deals with German PoW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomber Command PoWs were sent. Each chapter includes anecdotes and stories of the men in the camps - capture, escape, illness, murder and more - and illustrates the awfulness of captivity even in German hands. Roughly one in every 20 captured airmen never returned home. The first part of the book also covers subjects such as how the PoWs were repatriated during the war; how they returned at war's end; the RAF traitors; the war crimes; and the vital role of the Red Cross. The style is part reference, part narrative and aims to correct many historical inaccuracies. It also includes previously unpublished photographs. The second part comprises an annotated list of all 10,995 RAF Bomber Command airmen who were taken prisoner, together with an extended introduction. The book provides an important contribution to our knowledge of the war. It is a reference work not only for the serious RAF historian but for the ex-PoWs themselves and their families and anyone with an interest in the RAF in general and captivity in particular.

About this title

About the Author

Oliver Clutton-Brock, born in London three weeks before the end of the Second World War, spent the first 17 years of his life in Lincoln, surrounded by many of Bomber Command's now historic airfields. Early aviation memories are of four-engined aircraft always flying overhead, searchlights, and a trip in a DH Rapide from RAF Scampton on Battle of Britain Day sometime in the fifties.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904010350
• ISBN 13: 9781904010357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528