The Lost Airman

The remarkable,untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitzwho was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom. Bronx-born top turret-gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was one of only two crewmen who escaped death or immediate capture on the groundwhen their plane was shot down near CognacFrancein 1943. After fleeing the wreckArthur knocked on the door of an isolated farmhousewhose owners hastily took him in. Fortunatelyhis hosts had a tight connection to the French resistance group Morhange and its founderMarcel Taillandierwho arranged for ArthurΓÇÖs transfers among safe houses in southern Franceshielding him from the Gestapo. Based on recently declassified materialexclusive personal interviewsand extensive research into the French ResistanceThe Lost Airman tells the tense and riveting story of ArthurΓÇÖs hair-raising journey to freedomΓÇöa true story of enduranceperseveranceand escape during World War II. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAP