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Operation Pimento : my great-grandfather's great escape
Hart, Adam2025
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On 14 August 1943, Adam Hart's great-grandfather Frank Griffiths took off from RAF Tempsford, the SOE 'Special Duties' airbase in rural England. Frank and his crew were on a secret midnight mission codenamed Operation Pimento, but they were shot down near Annecy in southeast France. Only Frank survived. Though seriously injured, Frank felt it was his duty to get back to England to continue the fight against the Nazis. He embarked on a perilous, 1200-mile, 108-day escape across Europe, via the attic of a brothel, a Frenchwoman's chimney and a Spanish prison cell. 79 years later, Frank's 22-year-old great-grandson Adam Hart retraced the epic escape through France, Switzerland and Spain. His emotional encounters with descendants of people who'd risked their lives to help his great-grandfather reveal the enduring legacy of Operation Pimento and how we should never forget their sacrifice.
Main title:
Author:
Hart, Adam, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2025.
Collation:
258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781399740135 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.544941940.5449
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, BritishHart, Adam -- FamilyHart, Adam -- Travel -- EuropeWarfare and DefenceFranceBiography: historical, political & militaryTrue war & combat storiesTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalEuropean history
BRN:
893650