The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
Seth Meyerowitz follows his grandfather Arthur’s perilous journey through the Comet Line, Morhange group, and the snowbound Pyrenees.
- Author
- Seth Meyerowitz with Peter F. Stevens
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Price
- £17.99
- ISBN
- 9781501118807
- Published
- 2016
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France by Seth Meyerowitz with Peter F. Stevens
Top turret gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was shot down over France in 1943. Luck and the compassion of strangers guided him to the farmhouse of the Morhange Resistance group, setting him on a path through safe houses, Gestapo capture, escape and a second chance at freedom.
Seth Meyerowitz reconstructs his grandfather’s ordeal using letters, testimony and archive research. The narrative brings to life the Morhange group, fellow evaders like Richard Cleaver RAF, and the brutal interrogations that nearly broke them. The climactic crossing of the snowbound Pyrenees pursued by Austrian mountain troops is vividly told.
This is a gripping evasion story that honours the helpers who risked everything to return Allied airmen to the fight.
Atria Books. £17.99. ISBN 9781501118807.