An Ordinary Hero
Story of David Goldberg, WWII Canadian Spitfire Pilot
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2014
- Category
- Canada, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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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.”