Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and Their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France

Synopsis

Part I. Beginnings -- Reconnecting: The Search Trip -- Beginning At Sixteen -- Only One Jump...ever -- Part Ii. The Crew And First Days Down -- A Whistle Signal -- Betrayed By The Gendarmes -- Are You Hebrew? -- Cognac And Eggs -- Meeting Up With Buddies -- Meeting In A Shack -- A Casket And A Bicycle -- Part Iii. The Helpers And The Enemy -- Processing In Frankfurt Am Main -- Living With The Videls -- Get The Hell Out Of Here -- Sitting Around A French Fireplace -- An Engineer's Home, A Dress Shop, And A Root Cellar -- A Squeaky Wheel -- Life In Stalag Luft Iii -- 11, Rue De Saussaies, Gestapo Headquarters, Paris -- Fresnes Prison, Paris -- Dulag Luft And The Forty-and-eights -- Stalag Luft Iv, Deeper Into Germany -- Angels Watching Over -- Troop Train And A Brave Man -- The Captain -- Frisco -- The Theater And The Stress Of Pow Camp -- One More Day -- Steaming Clothes On A Stove -- The Chief Of Police And Giselle -- A Train Full Of Germans -- Maurice Baverel, A Spy For All Seasons -- Dr. Charlin And The Five-horsepower Peugeot -- Part Iv. The Final Push Out -- Worsening Conditions -- The Black Death March -- A Small Miracle -- Swiss Surprise -- Enough Of Switzerland -- Rowboat Ride At Midnight -- Part V. Going Home -- George Starks And The Green Hornet -- Irv Baum And Ted Badder -- Dick Morse -- Bill Wyatt With Don Edgerly And Bob Williams -- Andy Brenden With Wally Trinder -- Dale Beery And William Wallace -- Part Vi. Finding Old Friends -- Reconnecting, 1969 -- On To Pontarlier -- The Boillots And Dr. Charlin -- Back With Mike, 1970 -- More Visits With Friends -- Reunion With The Crew -- Epilogue: One More Time To France. Carole Engle Avriett With Capt. George W. Starks, Wwii B-17 Pilot, The Mighty Eighth ; Foreword By Lt. Gen. E.g. Buck Shuler, Jr., Former Commander Eighth Air Force. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 253-261) And Index.