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02481aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 94241A96AC3B11E48C2CF5F2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150204010046 008 140605t20152014nyua 001 0aeng d 020 $a 1468310550 020 $a 9781468310559 035 $a (OCoLC)881093954 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCP $d JAO $d CDX $d LG@ $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 4 $a UG626.2.T88 $b A3 2015 082 04 $a 940.54/7243/092 $2 23 100 1 $a Tunstall, Peter, $d 1918-2013, $e author. 245 14 $a The last escaper / $c by Peter Tunstall ; foreword by Major-General Corran Purdon. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Overlook Duckworth, $c 2015. 300 $a viii, 320 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Peter Tunstall's memoir of his days in the British Royal Air Force and as one of the most celebrated British POWs of World War II. Tunstall was an infamous tormentor of his German captors. Dubbed the "cooler king" on account of his long spells in solitary, he once dropped a water "bomb" directly in the lap of a high-ranking German officer. He also devised an ingenious method for smuggling coded messages back to London. But above all he was a highly skilled pilot, loyal friend, and trusted colleague. Without false pride or bitterness, Tunstall recounts the hijinks of training to be a pilot, terrifying bombing raids, and elaborate escape attempts at once hilarious and deadly serious--all part of a poignant and human war story superbly told by a natural raconteur."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Tunstall, Peter, $d 1918-2013. 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, British. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, German. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, British. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Germany $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoner-of-war escapes $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Purdon, Corran, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 5 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240104011954.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019022845.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20191123010647.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717025848.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418122313.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=94241A96AC3B11E48C2CF5F2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b LG@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search