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Hardie, Jack, 1919-

From Timaru to Stalag VIII B : a New Zealand pilot's wartime story / Jack Hardie. - Revised and enlarged edition. - 151 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Previous ed. published with title: From Timaru to Stalag VIIIB: Motueka N.Z. : J.D. Hardie, 1991. Cover subtitle: A Kiwi airman's wartime story.

AC2 to sergeant pilot -- On active service -- "Ferr you der vorr iss oafer" -- Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf -- March -- "The Yanks are here" -- Homeward bound -- Appendix : Jim McQueen's story.

"Born in Timaru in 1919, Jack [Hardie] trained as a bomber pilot in New Zealand and England during the early stages of World War II. After being shot down over Holland, he soon found himself a POW at the notorious Stalag VIII B, where airmen were shackled on Hitler's orders as retribution for the damage they had inflicted on Germany. This book tells Jack's dramatic and inspiring story..."--Back cover.

ISBN: 1877448753 9781877448751

LCCN: 2010362431

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hardie, Jack, 1919-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Air pilots--New Zealand--Biography
Prisoners of war--New Zealand--Biography
Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German

LC Class. No.: TL540.H25356 / A3 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 940.548193