GUGLAG TO SPITFIRE: A POLISH SERVICEMAN'S FIGHT TO SURVIVE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Andrew Hubert Von Staufer
Published by The History Press
in 2024
ISBN: 9781803995212
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
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GUGLAG TO SPITFIRE: A POLISH SERVICEMAN'S FIGHT TO SURVIVE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Andrew Hubert Von Staufer.
Stock no. 1830907
1st.
2024.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
In this moving tale of endurance against all odds, Andrew Hubert von Staufer traces his father's footsteps from the gulags of Siberia to flying Spitfires in air battles against the Luftwaffe. This is a remarkable account of the Second World War and its long-reaching impact. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 287 pages. ISBN: 9781803995212. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Author's Note
- Foreword by Andrew Jelinek
- Prologue: The Bird's Eye View
- Part One: Capture!
- 1 The Realities of War
- 2 Torture
- 3 Vorkuta - The City Built on Skulls
- 4 Break-up!
- 5 Rape and Abuse
- 6 The Criminals Take Over
- 7 Another Year of Misery
- Part Two: Escape!
- 8 Saved by an Ancestor?
- 9 Where Are Your Papers?
- 10 Disappointment in Tashkent
- 11 Frustration and Fever
- 12 Iran and the Aviateur
- Part Three: Spitfires!
- 13 Scotland to Brighton
- 14 Life-Changing Tea and Cake
- 15 The Hazards of Fire
- 16 Marriage and Disappointment
- 17 Spitfires at Last!
- 18 Dogfights and Rockets
- 19 The Sting in the Tail
- 20 Aftermath
- Postscript
- Appendix: In His Own Words
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- Notes