The dog who could fly : the incredible true story of a WWII airman and the four-legged hero who flew at his side

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Title:

The dog who could fly : the incredible true story of a WWII airman and the four-legged hero who flew at his side

Author:

Lewis, Damien.

Personal Author:

Lewis, Damien.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publication Information:

Farmington Hills, MI : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]

Physical Description:

477 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series.

Summary:

In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned as his owners fled Nazi forces. The other was Czech airman Robert Bozdech, who found the tiny German shepherd he named "Ant" after being shot down on a daring mission over enemy lines. Robert hid Ant inside his jacket as he escaped. The pair would save each other's lives countless times as they flew together, and by the end of the war Robert and Ant had become British war heroes.

Language:

English

Personal Subject:

Bozděch, Václav R. (Václav Robert)

Corporate Subject:

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, No. 311.

Subject Term:

Antis (Dog)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.

Airmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Airmen -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography.

German shepherd dog -- War use -- History -- 20th century.