Paul Brickhill Books in Order

Brickhill and fellow former prisoner Conrad Norton recount British airmen’s captivity and escapes during the Second World War. Their collection includes an early account of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III alongside other escape experiences.

Hundreds of Allied prisoners secretly organize a mass breakout from a German camp during the Second World War. Brickhill recounts the tunneling, forged documents, improvised equipment, and coordinated work behind the attempt, along with the dangers awaiting those who escape.

Brickhill follows RAF 617 Squadron’s campaign against Nazi Germany, including its attack on the Ruhr dams in May 1943. The account examines the aircrews, specialized flying, and Barnes Wallis’s weapons that made their exceptionally demanding operations possible.

Eight true accounts follow servicemen attempting to escape captivity during the Second World War. Their journeys reveal the ingenuity and persistence required to evade capture, and the risks taken by civilians and resistance networks who helped them reach safety.

After losing both legs in a flying accident, Douglas Bader fights to return to active service with the RAF. Brickhill traces his wartime leadership, combat flying, capture, and repeated escape attempts alongside his struggle to overcome the limits others imposed.

Australian Robert Mackay visits Paris to trace an aunt’s wartime past and witnesses a political murder. Kept in the city as a key eyewitness, he becomes entangled in a police hunt and a threat against the water supply.