Gerald Featherstone Knight’s memoir recounts his experiences as a Royal Flying Corps officer captured by the Germans during the First World War and his subsequent attempts to escape from captivity. The book belongs to a genre of prisoner-of-war narratives that became popular following the Armistice, combining adventure, humour, and the psychological strain of imprisonment.
As a primary source for British aviation history and the experience of First World War captivity, the memoir offers an intimate and often wryly comic account of life as a prisoner in Germany. Download the free EPUB for a lively first-person narrative of wartime captivity and the drive for freedom.