Robert Smith Literary agency » Maurice Mayne https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Down But Not Out: The moving true story of a WW2 airman https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/with-author/mark-ryan/down-but-not-out/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/with-author/mark-ryan/down-but-not-out/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:55:04 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=1293 A tremendous memoir by a 92-year-old World War II veteran airman, Maurice Mayne. His life in action as a torpedo gunner came to a dramatic end, when his Beaufort was shot down into the sea off the Norwegian coast in 1942. Badly wounded, he miraculously managed to evacuate the plane, survive near drowning, but was […]

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]]> A tremendous memoir by a 92-year-old World War II veteran airman, Maurice Mayne. His life in action as a torpedo gunner came to a dramatic end, when his Beaufort was shot down into the sea off the Norwegian coast in 1942. Badly wounded, he miraculously managed to evacuate the plane, survive near drowning, but was picked up by a German boat and taken to a POW camp, Stalag VII B. From there he made a daring escape across Germany to the North Sea. Reunited with his sweetheart, Sylvia, they married at the end of the War, and still are, 68 years later.

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