A Hundred Miles As The Crow Flies: A Great Escape of WWII

by Ralph Churches

One of the greatest escapes of WWII happened on a compassionate whim. After planning for years and succeeding in escaping with five companions, Ralph Churches decided he had better go back and get the rest of his mates; which he did, all ninety of them, then got them airlifted from behind German lines to Italy without loss

Genres: Nonfiction, World War II

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Kirk]

This is an amazing story, but in my view could be written a lot better. It's perhaps a shame that the author chose to write it himself rather than tell his story to a professional writer - it should be a massive Hollywood movie, but sadly I don't think this story will ever get the attention it deserves. This book is a factual telling of the escape but completely ignored characters and emotion. It's a bit of a miss

[Tina]

Impresivna zgodba, bila sem presenečena, da za ta dogodek prej še nisem slišala, čeprav sem živela zelo blizu območja, kjer se je 'let' zgodil. Literarno nič posebnega, pisanje malo okorno, ampak kakšen dosežek! Tudi zanimiv vpogled v manj nevarna taborišča 2. svetovne vojne.

[Neil]

An adventure into freedom.
From captivity in Nazi Germany to leading the largest successful escape of WW2.
Edwardian writing style, great story.