Evasion and Escape Devices Produced by MI9, MIS-X, and SOE in World War II

This book describes the design, manufacture, covert shipment and use of the many ingenious evasion and escape devices provided to Allied troops during WWII.

Following the fall of mainland Europe, hostile Allied actions against land—based Axis forces were generally limited to air attacks. However, as the numbers of those attacks increased, the number of aircraft and crews failing to return grew alarmingly: something needed to be done to provide these air crews with aids to enable them to ev...