Lost Airmen
The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It told the stories of multiple bomber missions that bailed out or crash landed in Yugoslavia during the war. It describes their rescue, treatment and repatriation by both Partisan and Chetnik forces, though it concentrated primarily on the rescues by Partisans. The......more

During WWII, many men were shot down as they flew missions against Germany and its allies. As they struggled for survival, many found themselves tested in more than one way. The author follows the journey of his father during World War II, and his struggle not only to keep himself alive, but the men......more

This is a collection of stories of US airmen (bombers) who were shot down over Yugoslavia in WWII. My only qualm with this is all of these stories are extremely similar. Which should be expected as all these airmen ended up in the same place at the same time. There is a focus on the authors father (......more

Great Stories I enjoyed the book because it included a lot of stories about of airmen and their crews being shot down and the different ways they were saved and returning to action or going back to the US.......more

Goodreads has wrongly ascribed this book to Charles F. Stanley, the Christian writer. Instead, the book was written by Charles E. Staley Jr, the Colby Award-winning historian.......more