Alfred John Evans was a reconnaissance pilot officer with 3 squadron RFC. On 16 July 1916, while over enemy territory, his engine failed and he crash-landed his machine. He was sent to Gutersloh, and then to Clausthal from where he escaped, being recaptured a few days later at the Dutch border. As a consequence of his escape attempts, he was sent to Fort 9, Ingolstadt where the Germans had collected into it all the naughty boys who had tried to escape from other camps. There were about 150 officer prisoners of different ...
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Alfred John Evans was a reconnaissance pilot officer with 3 squadron RFC. On 16 July 1916, while over enemy territory, his engine failed and he crash-landed his machine. He was sent to Gutersloh, and then to Clausthal from where he escaped, being recaptured a few days later at the Dutch border. As a consequence of his escape attempts, he was sent to Fort 9, Ingolstadt where the Germans had collected into it all the naughty boys who had tried to escape from other camps. There were about 150 officer prisoners of different nationalities in the place, and at least 130 of these had successfully broken out of other camps, and had only been re-caught after from three days' to three weeks' temporary freedom. At Fort 9, Ingolstadt, seventy-five per cent of the prisoners were scheming and working continually to escape again. Escaping, and how it should be done, was the most frequent subject of conversation. The prisoners pooled their knowledge and each man was ready to help any one who wished to escape, quite regardless of his own risk or the punishment he might bring upon himself. No one cared tuppence for court-martials, and nearly everyone in the fort had done considerable spells of solitary confinement. In the summer of 1917 Evans finally succeeded in his escape with a fellow officer and the book describes in detail the amazing hardship and journey to freedom in Switzerland. Following recuperation and re-training he was sent to Palestine early in 1918, where again his engine failed and he was captured by the Turks. He succeeded in escaping, but in poor physical condition he was re-captured and suffered poor treatment from the "unspeakable Turk."
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Add this copy of The Escaping Club to cart. $5.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
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Add this copy of The Escaping Club to cart. $18.88, good condition, Sold by World of Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Goring-by-Sea, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1936 by Jonathan Cape.Shipping outside the U.K.? see Shipping Alert details
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Good. No dust jacket. 1936. Re-issued In Florin Books. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown mottled cloth. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1661288835LEE (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
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Fair. No dust jacket. 1934. Reprint. 267 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Binding is weak. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. White staining present. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1631114759EWY (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
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Fair. No dust jacket. 1932. Reprinted. 267 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Boards have minor rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible sunning to spine. World of Rare Books Item ref. 1655486793LEE (Use this ID when enquiring about this item. )
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