Hundred Miles Crow Flies by Churches Ralph (7 results)

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8vo. xii+180pp. Maps. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a near fine copy. . First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This soft cover book was drafted by the authors son and self published by the author's family. Internally clean bright and tight. No pen marks or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. Contain black and white photographs. Minimal edge wear to wraps. Corners turned up but no creases tears or cuts. Please examine all seller photos.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Condition: AS NEW COPY! AUSTRALIAN MILITARY General Military World War II P.O.W. xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. #290924First hand description of the largest mass breakout of Allied prisoners of war in WWII. One hundred soldiers joined Slovene partisans to travel across mountains and rivers to reach an airfield and be flown to safety in Italy.It begins with the successful escape of seven men from a work camp. Their leader, the author, decides that it has been too easy and it is unfair no to bring the rest of the work camp with him. So he goes back and gets them, with the help of Slovene partisans.  Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

(rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 161pp. Name on title page. b/w ills. Very good copy. On the 9th of October 1944, Private Ralph Churches escaped from a German POW camp in Austria along with six others & managed to arrange for ninety remaining POWs to be airlifted to safety.