Walk to Freedom: Kriegsgefangenen #6410 - Prisoner of War

by John L. Lenburg, Jeff Lenburg (Editor)

Overview

June 30, 1944, fifty members of the United States 460th Bomb Group came under heavy attack on their mission to destroy German oil refineries in Silesia, Hungary, when German twin-engine Me-410 fighters blasted seven B-24s out of the sky. Seventeen airmen were killed, twenty-four captured, many of them badly burned, wounded or beaten to death by Hungarian peasants after parachuting to the ground. One survivor, T/Sgt. John L. Lenburg, was among those taken prisoner (his German code name: “Kriegsgefangenen #6410") with the crew of the B-24, "Miss Fortune," never knowing if he would see his homeland again. 

WALK TO FREEDOM: Kriegsgefangenen #6410 - Prisoner of War recounts Lenburg's remarkable journey--his experiences and harrowing missions in the Army Air Force during World War II, his tortuous 327 days of captivity in a Nazi concentration camp, including the inhumane treatment and horrific conditions, mental and physical abuse, and starvation and doubts, and his long walk to freedom in this revised, expanded, and copiously illustrated biography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990328759
Publisher:	Moonwater Press
Publication date:	03/25/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	338
File size:	30 MB
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About the Author

JOHN L. LENBURG is the author of five books, including a multi-volume Lenburg ancestry based on more than a decade of genealogy research. Lenburg retired to northwest Indiana after working 30 years as a manager with Sears Roebuck&Co. and frequently lectured about his days as a prisoner of war until his death in 2000.
JEFF LENBURG is a prolific, award-winning author, celebrity biographer, and writer-producer. He has written more than 32 books, including 18 celebrity memoirs and biographies, entertainment histories, popular references, and original fiction. His books have been nominated for several awards, including the American Library Association's "Best Non-Fiction Award," Evangelical Christian Publisher Association's "Gold Medallion Award" for "Best Autobiography/Biography," and "Theatre Library Association Award," and have been translated into numerous languages, including Chinese, Indian, Italian, and German.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix Part I: At War 1: -1942- The U.S. Army Air Corps 1 2: -1943- Basic Training and School 9 3: 460th Bomb Group 25 4: -1944- Miss Fortune a B-24H 33 5: Going Overseas 43 6: Arriving at Spinazzola 51 7: Flying Missions 59 8: Blechhammer 93 9: Going Down 99 10: POW 111 11: Royal Hungarian Hospital No. 11 117 12: Sent to Prison 125 13: Interrogation 133 14: Riding 40&8 Style 137 15: Stalag Luft IV 143 16: Kriegie #6410 149 17: Life in Kriegieland 153 18: Christmas 165 19: The Long Walk 171 20: Freedom 187 21: Going Home 195 22: Epilogue 199 Part II: Crew Members 23: Alan Barrowcliff 211 24: Leonard Bernhardt 219 25: White's Crew 241 26: Evans' Crew 247 27: Champlin's Crew 251 28: Sorgenfrei's Crew 255 29: Jack Nagle 269 30: Capt. Leslie Caplan 273 Part III: Story of a Survivor 31: Fred Meisel 291 Part IV: Back to the Future 32: Fifty Years Later 297 Afterword 309 Photo Gallery 311