The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France

Product Descriptionfor Fans Of Unbroken, The Remarkable, Untold Story Of World War Ii American Air Force TurretGunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, Who Was Shot Down Over NaziOccupied France And Evaded Gestapo Pursuers For More Than Six Months Before Escaping To Freedom. BronxBorn Top TurretGunner Arthur Meyerowitz Was On His Second Mission When He Was Shot Down In 1943. He Was One Of Only Two Men On The B24 Liberator Known As Harmful Lil Armful Who Escaped Death Or Immediate Capture On The Ground. After Fleeing The Wreck, Arthur Knocked On The Door Of An Isolated Farmhouse, Whose Owners Hastily Took Him In. Fortunately, His Hosts Not Only Despised The Nazis But Had A Tight Connection To The French Resistance Group Morhange And Its Founder, Marcel Taillandier. Arthur And Taillandier Formed An Improbable Bond As The Resistance Leader Arranged For ArthurS Transfers Among Safe Houses In Southern France, Shielding Him From The Gestapo. Based On Recently Declassified Material, Exclusive Personal Interviews, And Extensive Research Into The French Resistance,The Lost Airman Tells The Tense And Riveting Story Of ArthurS Trying Months In ToulouseMasquerading As A Deaf Mute And Working With A Downed British Pilot To Evade The NazisAnd Of His HairRaising Journey To Freedom Involving A Perilous Trek Over The Pyrenees And A Voyage Aboard A Fishing Boat With UBoats Lurking Below And Luftwaffe Fighters Looming Above. With Photographs And Maps Included, This Is A NeverBeforeTold True Story Of Endurance, Perseverance, And Escape During World War Ii.ReviewThe Lost Airman Tells The Suspenseful Story Of A Truly Remarkable American, Shot Down Over Enemy Occupied Territory In World War Ii, Who Amazingly Managed To Stay A Step Ahead Of The Nazis For Over Six Months And Get Back Home. A Terrific, Thrilling Tale You WonT Want To Miss.Alex Kershaw, New York Times Bestselling Author Of Avenue Of Spies And The Liberator The Lost Airman Is A Deeply Researched, Finely Wrought Gem. The Story Of Staff Sergeant Arthur MeyerowitzS Harrowing Struggle To Escape From NaziInfested France Across The SnowBound Pyrenees To Spain Will Haunt You Long After YouVe Put This Riveting Book Down. The Courage, Quick Wits, And Sheer Guts Displayed By Meyerowitz And The Men And Women Of The French Resistance Who Gambled Their Lives To Help Him Are Simply Extraordinary.Jack Cheevers, Author Of Act Of War, Winner Of The Samuel Eliot Morison Award For Naval Literatureabout The Authorseth Meyerowitz, The Grandson Of U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, Is A Web Entrepreneur And The President Of A Global Online Marketing Company. After Traveling The United States Speaking On Behalf Of Google For Its Get Your Business Online Program, His Web And Marketing Savvy Allowed Him To Unearth The Declassified Saga Of His Grandfather. Peter F. Stevens Is An Editor, Journalist, And Author Of Eleven Books.Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved.Prologuea Needle In A Haystackon June 18, 1944, A Young Man Lurched Across The Searing Sand Of Rockaway Beach, New York. As He Picked His Way Through A Maze Of Blankets, Beach Chairs, And Umbrellas, Throngs Of Beachgoers Stared At Him. He Looked Out Of Place In Long Pants Hiked Up To His Ankles And A SweatDampened, White ButtonDown Shirt Embroidered With His Name. Among The Crowd In Bathing Suits And Trunks, It Was Not His Attire That Caught PeopleS Attention. It Was The Cardboard Sign He Held Aloft. He Was Looking For The Proverbial Needle In A Haystack.The Young Man Had Received A Frantic Telephone Call An Hour Ear Lier At The Beachfront Candy Store Where He Worked. An Urgent Voice Had Launched Him Out Into The Sweltering Heat With A Message He Had Hastily Scrawled On The Cardboard. He Was Hoping To Find Someone, A Husband And Wife Whom He Had Never Met, Had Never Even Seen.Scores Of Men And Women Were Watching The Candy Clerk As They Enjoyed The H