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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

    By Ted Fahrenwald

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    The thrilling memoir of a WWII fighter pilot’s fight for survival in Occupied France, working with the French Resistance and escaping Nazi capture.

    A daredevil aviator in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, Ted Fahrenwald bailed out of his burning P-51 Mustang two days after D-day and was launched on a thrilling adventure in Occupied France. After months living and fighting with the French Resistance, he was captured by the Wehrmacht, interrogated as a spy, and interned in a POW camp—but he made a daring escape just before his deportation to Germany.
     
    Despite Fahrenwald’s harrowing experiences, nothing diminished the ace’s talent for spotting ironic humor in even the most aggravating or dangerous situations—and nothing stopped his penchant for extracting his own improvised, and sometimes hilarious, version of justice.
     
    Recently discovered but written shortly after the author’s discharge and return to the United States, Bailout Over Normandy is a remarkable memoir that reveals a rare literary talent. This WWII page-turner is an audaciously humorous tale of daring and friendship that brings vivid life to the daily bravery, mischief, and intrigues of fighter pilots, Resistance fighters, and allies in the air and on the ground.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCasemate Publishers
    Release dateMay 7, 2013
    ISBN9781480406575

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    • 4/5
      A good read made better by the efforts of the authors daughter to get it published so that others can have a rather unique insight into a man's adventures - he certainly had a thirst for life and adventure!
    • 3/5
      World War II fighter pilot Ted is forced to bail out of his airplane into occupied France. He is quickly taken in by the French Resistance and drafted into their ranks. After meeting with other downed pilots, they decide to leave the Resistance and try and make it past enemy lines back to the Allies.I grew bored with this book. I realize that this is a true story, however at times it drags on and on and on. On a plus, the writing style is very conversational. The characters are easy to get a feel for and seem one hundred percent genuine. I also loved the use of the vernacular of WWII and fighter pilots. I wish some of the longer passages had been edited more carefully, in order to provide a more concise and interesting tale.