Grounded in Eire: The Story of Two Raf Fliers Interned in Ireland During World War II - Hardcover

Keefer, Ralph

 
9780773511422: Grounded in Eire: The Story of Two Raf Fliers Interned in Ireland During World War II
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0773511423 ISBN 13: 9780773511422
Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002

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After an unusual interrogation at the hands of the Local Defence Force in County Clare, Keefer and Calder were transferred to a makeshift prison camp in County Kildare B right next to a similar camp for German prisoners. There they found themselves subject to a surreal honour system that allowed them daily parole away from their internment camp, free to golf or cycle across the broad plains of the Curragh without any supervision. This system forbid escape attempts when they were on parole but bound them, as RAF officers, to attempt to escape upon their return to camp. A colourful and often amusing record of events, Grounded in Eire offers insight into this little-known aspect of the war and provides a testament to courage, friendship, and perseverance in the face of unusual obstacles.

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Verlag
McGill-Queen's University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0773511423
ISBN 13 
9780773511422
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
308
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