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Bombs and barbed wire : one man's great escape / Jeff Steel and Michael Adlam.

His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is shot down by a night fighter: he has ten seconds to act or he will never see her again. Ambrose Adlam did not even want to go to war. Hitler's war came looking for him. The war took over his world; there was no escape. To do nothing was not an option. Ambrose joined RAF ground crew before volunteering for active service as a Flight Engineer in Halifax bombers. His chance of survival was minimal. Ambrose narrowly escaped death when his bomber plummeted to earth above Nazi Germany. On the run, he is pursued by German forces. They shot him. He survived. An odyssey through the monstrous world of Luftwaffe prisoner of war camps brought him to Stalag Luft III where an ambitious plot was brewing. The prisoners were organising a mass breakout. As a non-officer he would not be one to break free ... but he could assist the Great Escape. This was his war, his mission in life and his purpose. But would he ever see Miranda again? A gripping true story of love and war constructed from meticulous research, family records and eye-witness accounts.

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Field name Details
ISBN 9781922488244
Dewey 940.54
Author Steel, Jeff author.
Title Bombs and barbed wire : one man's great escape / Jeff Steel and Michael Adlam.
Published Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2021.
Physical description 361 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-357)
Summary His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is shot down by a night fighter: he has ten seconds to act or he will never see her again. Ambrose Adlam did not even want to go to war. Hitler's war came looking for him. The war took over his world; there was no escape. To do nothing was not an option. Ambrose joined RAF ground crew before volunteering for active service as a Flight Engineer in Halifax bombers. His chance of survival was minimal. Ambrose narrowly escaped death when his bomber plummeted to earth above Nazi Germany. On the run, he is pursued by German forces. They shot him. He survived. An odyssey through the monstrous world of Luftwaffe prisoner of war camps brought him to Stalag Luft III where an ambitious plot was brewing. The prisoners were organising a mass breakout. As a non-officer he would not be one to break free ... but he could assist the Great Escape. This was his war, his mission in life and his purpose. But would he ever see Miranda again? A gripping true story of love and war constructed from meticulous research, family records and eye-witness accounts.
Subject Adlam, Ambrose
Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force
Stalag Luft III.
Prisoners of war -- Germany
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain
Soldiers -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
Biographies
Additional author Adlam, Michael author.
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