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In this entertaining memoir, Jim Burtt-Smith tells of his remarkable and highly unusual experiences during World War II and in the 60 years since. He has certainly lived a very full life...
Jim is the opposite of the 'public schoolboy' image of an RAF pilot. A working-class London lad, he learned to fly before the war with the Civil Air Guard for five shillings a day (he was working as a tram driver at the time). When war broke out he volunteered for the RAF and went on to pilot a Wellington bomber with 115 Squadron.
He and his crew flew numerous missions over Germany before finally being shot down. Jim's aircraft ditched into the North Sea, qualifying the crew for membership of one of the world's most exclusive clubs - the 'Goldfish Club' - whose members are all aviators who have made a forced landing into water.
Adrift in a small open dinghy, they prayed for a rescue, although when it came their relief was tempered with disappointment as it was a German flying boat that picked them up. They were to hear those fateful words: "For you the war is over."
Their fighting days may well have been over, but Jim and his crew had plenty of experiences ahead of them as prisoners of war, for it was only July 1942. Jim was sent to Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf and regales us with many revealing insights into POW life. He remained a POW until the Russians liberated the area in 1945. His amazing adventures following liberation are an epic in themselves and would make a great film...
