A gripping and true diary account of a British P.O.W. in World War II
SR384, BU-A "Able" took off from Oulton shortly before midnight on 24th May 1944 and flew under radio silence at a height of 2,700m between Antwerp and Amsterdam. Shortly after midnight the B-17 was picked up by the radar of German night fighter ace Oberleutnant (flying officer) Leube who went in pursuit of the bomber stream. Oblt Leube first shot the fuselage, then the wings, and finally the fortress exploded over the Oosterschelde near Antwerp at 00.57 hours. As the plane was being attacked, Allan Hockley, the pilot, gave the order to "bail out". Seven members of the crew left the stricken plane by parachute after which it crashed in the eastern Scheldt River.
Starting that day, this is "Tommy's" diary as a P.O.W.
As well as containing his thoughts and day to day events, this recreation also contains scanned images of Tommy's sketches and drawings plus details on each of the crew members of "Able", a photo of "Able" and the graves of the two men who went down with her.
This book is a unique personal account of life as a P.O.W. in World War II.
The log is a word-for-word recreation of the wartime diary of Tom Glenn as his time as a prisoner of war in World War II by Tom's daughter-in-law, Rosamund Glenn and Tom's grandson, Rod Glenn. Tom lived in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne until his death in 2000.
