Grounded in Eire: The Story of Two RAF Fliers Interned in Ireland During World War II
by Keefer, Ralph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0773511423
- ISBN 13
- 9780773511422
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
From the back cover: "Off-course after a failed mission over Frankfurt in 1941, Bobby Keefer and his best friend Jack Calder found themselves forced to bail out of their twin-engine Wellington over southern Ireland. Much to their surprise, rather than being returned to their squadron in England, they were interned for having violated Ireland's neutral airspace. After an unusual interrogation at the hands of the Local Defence Force, the two Canadian fliers were transferred to a makeshift prison camp in County Kildare. There they found themselves subject to a surreal honour system that allowed daily parole away from their internment camp--free to golf, meet women, and drink beer--without supervision. This system forbid escape when they were on parole but bound them, as RAF officers, to attempt to do so upon their return to camp."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 978SB
- Title
- Grounded in Eire:
- Author
- Keefer, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Red boards with Black lettering on spine. Minor bumps to top and bottom of spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0773511423
- ISBN 13
- 9780773511422
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal and Kingston
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 263
- Size
- 8 vo.
- Keywords
- A colourful and often amusing record of events.
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Stillman Books
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Stillman Books
About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.