NISMO

An Alien Sky: The Story of One Man's Remarkable Adventure in Bomber Command

Description: By any measure, Andy Wiseman (born Weizman) is a lucky man. The only son of a Polish father and an American mother, Andy was born and grew up in Berlin, just as Adolf Hitler was coming to power. As a Jew educated at the famous Werner Siemens Real Gymnasium in Schoneberg, he left only months before his school was closed down and fled with his family to Poland, one step ahead of the Nazi persecution that was to follow and later take the life of his father. From Poland he again fled to England, this time without his parents, arriving as a 16-year old with little or no grasp of English. After a crash course in the language, he avoided being called up into the Polish army in exile thanks to the timely intervention of no less a man than General Sikorski himself, to enlist in the RAF to train initially as a pilot and then as an air bomber in South Africa. On his return to the UK he was posted to an all-Australian Squadron (466 Squadron) equipped with the Handley Page Halifax. After his first operation in which he was nearly shot down, Andy survived a handful of eventful trips before falling victim to one of the Luftwaffe's top night fighter pilots and landing in France.Briefly on the run he was betrayed and captured, spending the next 12 months as a prisoner of war, using his knowledge of Russian, Polish and German to act as one of the principal camp interpreters, and working as a 'scrounger' for the 'X' committee of escapers. Moved from camp to camp, he was one of those forced into the 'Long March' by the Germans attempting to escape the Russian advance, and afterwards played a key role in avoiding the potential bloodshed that threatened when the Russians refused to allow the British and Norwegian prisoners to return home - a role for which he was later recognised by the King of Norway. Upon his release, Andy used his language skills to work with the BBC monitoring service and later, BBC Television as a producer, sharing many adventures with the great broadcasters of their time, including David Dimbleby and Raymond Baxter.

Price: 47.88 AUD

Location: Hillsdale, NSW

End Time: 2024-11-15T10:36:23.000Z

Shipping Cost: 31.14 AUD

Product Images

An Alien Sky: The Story of One ManAn Alien Sky: The Story of One Man

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 60 Days

Return policy details:

EAN: 9781909808256

UPC: 9781909808256

ISBN: 9781909808256

MPN: N/A

Format: Hardback, 192 pages

Author: Andy Wiseman

Book Title: An Alien Sky: The Story of One Man's Remarkable Ad

Item Height: 2 cm

Item Length: 23.6 cm

Item Weight: 0.38 kg

Item Width: 16 cm

Language: Eng

Publisher: Grub Street

Recommended

Legendary Encounters an Alien Deckbuilding Game COMPLETE Core Box - Upper Deck
Legendary Encounters an Alien Deckbuilding Game COMPLETE Core Box - Upper Deck

$130.00

View Details
Earth: An Alien Enterprise: The Shocking Truth Behind the Gr... by Good, Timothy
Earth: An Alien Enterprise: The Shocking Truth Behind the Gr... by Good, Timothy

$10.61

View Details
Upper Deck Legendary Encounters: an Alien Expansion Game
Upper Deck Legendary Encounters: an Alien Expansion Game

$59.99

View Details
The Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry Into the Ex...
The Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry Into the Ex...

$6.50

View Details
An Alien Light - Mass Market Paperback By Kress, Nancy - ACCEPTABLE
An Alien Light - Mass Market Paperback By Kress, Nancy - ACCEPTABLE

$4.56

View Details
My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019) CHINESE drama BL drama ASIAN LGBT ENG subtitles
My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019) CHINESE drama BL drama ASIAN LGBT ENG subtitles

$65.00

View Details
AN ALIEN HARVEST - Linda Moulton Howe - SIGNED, NUMBERED 1989 UCDJ UFOlogy
AN ALIEN HARVEST - Linda Moulton Howe - SIGNED, NUMBERED 1989 UCDJ UFOlogy

$265.00

View Details
Mad Scientist Dissect An Alien Mattel
Mad Scientist Dissect An Alien Mattel

$99.99

View Details
There's an Alien in Your Book (Who's In Your Book?) - Board book Fletcher, T...
There's an Alien in Your Book (Who's In Your Book?) - Board book Fletcher, T...

$4.90

View Details
There's an Alien in Your Book Hardcover Tom Fletcher
There's an Alien in Your Book Hardcover Tom Fletcher

$8.01

View Details