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An Ordinary Hero

Story of David Goldberg, WWII Canadian Spitfire Pilot

by (author) David New

Publisher
Pottersfield Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2014
Category
Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897426562
    Publish Date
    Mar 2014
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

Imagine you are a pilot, shot from the sky, alone in enemy territory where no one speaks your language. It is winter, and soon will be dark. You could freeze to death, starve or be captured by the Nazis. And you are a Jew. This is David Goldberg’s predicament on March 8, 1944. An Ordinary Hero is Goldberg’s account of how, assisted by the French Underground, he made his way through occupied France and Spain and evaded capture by the enemy. He returned to combat in ground support as a dive-bomber to become the decorated (Distinguished Flying Cross) commander of the only Canadian fighter squadron in Italy.

About the author

David S. New is a Canadian writer and artist with four previously published books and several published articles. His formal education is in chemistry, history, philosophy, and religion, with graduate degrees from Princeton and McMaster. Concerning An Ordinary Hero, he comments, “If I were to write one hundred books, this salute to that generation of men and women who sacrificed their youth in a time of war would probably be my favourite.”

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