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Can I read Spitfire down : the POW story : the memoir of an RCAF Spitfire pilot in the Second World War on EtoBox?
Spitfire down : the POW story : the memoir of an RCAF Spitfire pilot in the Second World War by Brian G. Hodgkinson is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spitfire down : the POW story : the memoir of an RCAF Spitfire pilot in the Second World War about?
It was a shocking introduction to the reality of war for the tall, handsome twenty-six-year-old Canadian radio personality whose deep bass voice had since 1935 become familiar to millions of listeners to programs of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. What happened to him in the sky above France on that fateful day in 1941 was no more than an explosive prologue to the story of one man's fight for survival in the Nazi prisoner-of-war compounds.
Who reads Spitfire down : the POW story : the memoir of an RCAF Spitfire pilot in the Second World War?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Brian G. Hodgkinson
- Publisher
- [Toronto, Ont.]: Penumbra Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781894131063
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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