Aircraft Down! recounts six extraordinary evasion adventures that took place in Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Albania, and Greece during World War II. In 1944 alone, nearly 30,000 American airmen survived bailing out of or crash landing their aircraft in Europe. The great majority were captured immediately. A few lucky ones beat tremendous odds and managed to evade their Fascist pursuers.

A good book that introduces the general reader to what happened when Allied pilots went down over enemy territory. This happened very frequently. The stories illustrate the bravery of the secretive Resistance groups/spys which made evasion and escape possible. ( )