Behind enemy lines : a young pilot's story

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Book

Title:

Behind enemy lines : a young pilot's story

Author:

DeMallie, H. R. (Howard R.)

ISBN:

9781402745171

9781402741371

9781428724105

Edition:

Updated ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

x, 178 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

Series title(s):

Sterling point books.

General Note:

Prev. ed. published under the title: Beyond the dikes.

Contents:

Enlisting for adventure -- Troopship to England -- Mission to Merseburg -- Holland -- Rescued by the underground -- Hiding in Staphorst -- Journey to Meppel -- Surrounded -- Captured -- Christmas in jail -- The interrogation -- Escape attempt -- The air raid -- Stalag Luft I -- The reunion -- Life in POW camp.

Summary:

Howard DeMallie, a young American pilot, and his crew are forced to bail out of their B-17 airplane over Holland. He is helped by the Dutch underground and imprisoned in a German prisoner of war camp.

Personal Subject:

DeMallie, H. R. (Howard R.)-Juvenile literature.

DeMallie, H. R. (Howard R.)

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American -- Juvenile literature.

Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements. -- Netherlands.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.

Geographic Term:

Genre:

autobiographies (literary works)

Personal narratives -- American

Autobiographies.

Literature.

Personal narratives.

Added Author:

DeMallie, H. R. (Howard R.). Beyond the dikes.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	J 921 DeMallie, Howard 2007	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

An unforgettable autobiographical tale of survival during World War II. DeMaillie, pilot of a B-17, describes in riveting detail his successful bombing run from England to the industrial center of Germany. But things go very wrong on the return flight when his plane is struck by enemy fire and the crew is forced to parachute into Holland. Although a group of heroic Dutch resistance fighters try to hide him, the Nazis eventually capture DeMaillie and send him to a prisoner of war camp. There, he endures hunger, cold, and brutality until the Allies finally free him. Years later, he returns to Holland in search of his brave Dutch rescuers.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot's Story, author H.R. Demallie tells his own story of leaving the University of Michigan, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to train as a pilot. He winds up flying a B-17 from England to Germany and bombing the Nazis, only to be shot down over Holland, hidden for a time by Dutch resistors, then discovered and taken as a German POW (the allies eventually liberated him). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

In this updated edition (originally Beyond the Dikes), DeMallie tells his war story: shot down in December 1944, he eluded capture and found temporary refuge with Dutch Resistance fighters until the Germans caught up with him, imprisoning him for the remainder of the war. The workmanlike writing is sometimes trite, but DeMallie tells it straight and with a well-judged amount of detail. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

"Updating a small-press title called Beyond the Dikes (2000), this offering is the only autobiography in the ongoing Sterling Point history series. In his twenties during the events recounted here, DeMallie details the aftermath of a mission to Nazi Germany, when the bomber pilot was forced to jump from his damaged B-17 into occupied Holland. There, he was aided by the Dutch Resistance, captured by the SS, and held in a German POW camp. DeMallie spends too long on the opening logistics of training and shipping out, and his occasional, dated slang (Gee) may initially stall readers. All the same, once that crippled engine starts shedding oil in a steady oozing of black blood, the adventure picks up significantly, delivering some unforgettable episodes of wartime drama and tragedy including the horrific plunge of a crewmate whose parachute failed. A heartfelt endnote concludes. Offer this Greatest Generation memoir to readers considering military service, and they will appreciate both the candidly portrayed dangers and the clear sense of purpose DeMallie found in his Air Force role."--"Mattson, Jennifer" Copyright 2007 Booklist

Introduction	p. 1
Prologue	p. 5
1 Enlisting for Adventure	p. 7
2 Troopship to England	p. 11
3 Mission to Merseburg	p. 24
4 Holland	p. 45
5 Rescued by the Underground	p. 59
6 Hiding in Staphorst	p. 70
7 Journey to Meppel	p. 82
8 Surrounded	p. 90
9 Captured	p. 105
10 Christmas in Jail	p. 116
11 The Interrogation	p. 124
12 Escape Attempt	p. 132
13 The Air Raid	p. 138
14 Stalag Luft I	p. 147
15 The Reunion	p. 156
16 Life in POW Camp	p. 160
Epilogue	p. 166
Author's note and acknowledgments	p. 177
About the author	p. 179

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