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1922

The Aviator of Tsingtao: My War in China and Escape from a British POW Camp


Gunther Plüschow - 1922
    During the Battle of Tsingtao, where overwhelming Japanese and British forces attacked the German enclave in China, Plüschow was the defenders’ lone pilot.The Aviator of Tsingtao is Plüschow’s gripping account of his wartime flying adventures, and his escapes from both China and England. The Camphor Press edition has new material, including notes throughout the text, maps, a timeline, additional photographs, and an introduction by British author Anton Rippon, whose 2009 biography Gunther Plüschow, Airman, Escaper, Explorer is the standard work on this remarkable figure.