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Secret Agent, Unsung Hero

The Valour of Bruce Dowding

Ken Spillman author Peter Dowding author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published:3rd Oct '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied servicemen from occupied France and paid the ultimate price. He was beheaded by the Nazis just after his 29th birthday in 1943.

ISBN: 9781399055437

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

288 pages