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Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry, D.S.O., is today commander in chief of Britain's Fighter Command. But in May 1940 he was a mere squadron leader, just notified of his promotion to group captain. Promptly he decided to lead his old squadron on a farewell sweep over northern France...
The Germans captured him, but Embry was back in Britain again within ten weeks. He made his first break-from a marching column of P.W.s-by taking a lightning header into a ditch of muddy water. The guards never saw him go. He exchanged his R.A.F. uniform for "the most beautiful...
As Embry advanced in tatterdemalion disguise, the British retreated. Once he got close enough to be in danger from their artillery, but he never managed to catch them. When he reached the Channel, he found every coastal boat, down to the smallest dinghy, smashed in by
Embry got into Spain all right-curled up in the tail compartment of a British agent's car. Meanwhile, in matted beard and filthy clothes, he had witnessed the Germans' triumphal entry into Paris, carefully studied the layout of a strategic airfield, and spent at least one comfortable...
Alone He Went properly should count as an extraordinary story. But its popularity is likely to be dimmed by two defects. One of them: it is written by an R.A.F. colleague of Embry's, and thus has neither the personal touch of autobiography nor the literary touch of a...