Halifax Down!: On the Run from the Gestapo, 1944

Author(s): Tom Wingham

Military History

On the night of 22/23rd April 1944 Tom Wingham was the bomb aimer in the crew of a 76 Squadron Halifax shot down while on the way to bomb Dusseldorf. Coming to in a tangle of parachute and harness straps he realised the precariousness of his situation and so, dazed and aching with a painful concussion and navigating by the stars alone, he quickly set off on his long and difficult journey home through occupied territory, constantly depending on the kindness of others who risked their lives to help keep him hidden. Tom made his way from Holland, at the hands of The Escape and was then passed via L'Armee Secrete, a London run organisation operating in the east of Belgium, but fell right into the path of the Gestapo. In a deadly game of hide and seek Tom evaded his captors long enough to witness the retreat of German soldiers as he stayed at the house of Madame Schoofs, which became a temporary German HQ. In the 1980s Tom assisted a Dutch air historian with some research and this prompted him to look into the details of his own crash. What he uncovered not only shed more light on his own story but also those of his fellow crew members.

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General Fields

  • : 9781906502393
  • : Grub Street
  • : Grub Street
  • : 0.476
  • : June 2009
  • : 210mm X 148mm X 28mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Tom Wingham
  • : Hardback
  • : 940.548141
  • : 224
  • : Military history; Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War; Air forces & warfare
  • : 16pp photo section