| Main Title: |
'Bush' Parker : an Australian Battle of Britain pilot in Colditz / Colin Burgess. |
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| Author: |
Burgess, Colin, 1947-
Australian Military History Publications
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| Year: |
2007. |
| Collation: |
21 cm. xvi, 87 p. : ill., maps, ports, pbk ; |
| Summary: |
Early life : the boy from Durham--Battle of Britain--Colditz Castle--Price of freedom.
"Without a doubt, the most enigmatic and tenacious of the Australian officers to set foot in the legendary Colditz castle during the Second World War was Vincent Parker from far north Queensland. Spitfire fighter pilot in the Royal air Force and, widely known as 'Bush', he was a spirited young man of considerable mechanical talent, ingenuity and courage. Many of his fellow prisoners-of-war from those endless years at Colditz recalled that it was Bush Parker who played a leading role in almost all British escape attempts from the so-called 'escape-proof' prison. His expertise in opening even the most difficult locks proved invaluable in giving access to prohibited areas. Bush Parker undoubtably deserves this biographical study of his life, for his escapades were many and his enterprise unequalled. His light-hearted side as a skilled cardsharp and sleight-of-hand magician are still talked about by his few remaining wartime colleagues, whose numbers are sadly and rapidly dwindling. Sadly he was killed just after the war in a flying accident and Australia was denied his genius."--Book jacket. |
| Subject: |
Parker, Vincent (Bush), 1920-1946.
Air pilots
Biography
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945
Military history
Schloss Colditz (Colditz, Germany)
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| ISBN: |
098032047X |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references: (p. 84) and index.
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