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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France
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    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

    Written by Ted Fahrenwald

    Narrated by Corey M. Snow

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang two days after D-Day and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the ground in Occupied France.

    After months living and fighting with the French Resistance, Fahrenwald was captured by the Wehrmacht, interrogated as a spy, and interned in a POW camp-and made a daring escape just before his deportation to Germany. Nothing diminished this pilot's talent for spotting the ironic humor in even the most aggravating or dangerous situations-nor his penchant for extracting his own improvised and sometimes hilarious version of justice.

    A suspenseful World War II account and an outrageously witty tale of daring and friendship, this book brings to vivid life the daily bravery, mischief, and intrigues of fighter pilots, Resistance fighters, and other Allies in the air and on the ground.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 20, 2016
    ISBN9781515986669
    Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboy's Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France

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    • 5/5
      Bailout Over Normandy, Ted Fahrenwald, 2012, Casemate, 286 pages, photos. ISBN 978-1-61200-474-7This one of the best books I have read lately.Lt Theodore "Ted" Fahrenwald, Mustang pilot bailed out of crippled fighter-bomber after taking heavy damage from an exploding ground target east of Caen a few days after Overlord. He was ably assisted by local, including the Maquis until he tried to make his way to British lines on the Orne. He was detained by German forces and eventually discovered by them not be a local Frenchman and was sent further inland, to wait on transport to a proper PoW camp. He managed to escape and was hidden by a French farmer and his wife until the area was liberated in mid-August by French and US forces.Fahrenwald wrote a manuscript of his adventures in 1946, but left it on the shelf. After his death, his daughter worked to have the manuscript published without editing, other that to correct some spelling and punctuation.Fahrenwald apparently was quite a character and this work well represents his exuberant, comical outlook on life. While the book is not dismissive of the perils he and others faced during the two months he was lost, evaded, was captured, escaped, evaded again, and then was recovered, his telling of his adventures is comical at times and easily held my interest. His description of his bailout was hilarious to me, but still described the dangers and closeness of death for himI highly recommend this book for its sheer entertainment value alone. The historical record is a close second and well worth the read for that. His writing style is just additional cream.10/10 Why have I not read this before? Furthermore, why aren't getting yourself a copy and reading now?
    • 3/5
      World War II fighter pilot Ted is forced to bail out of his airplane into occupied France. He is quickly taken in by the French Resistance and drafted into their ranks. After meeting with other downed pilots, they decide to leave the Resistance and try and make it past enemy lines back to the Allies.I grew bored with this book. I realize that this is a true story, however at times it drags on and on and on. On a plus, the writing style is very conversational. The characters are easy to get a feel for and seem one hundred percent genuine. I also loved the use of the vernacular of WWII and fighter pilots. I wish some of the longer passages had been edited more carefully, in order to provide a more concise and interesting tale.