Doug Wheeler

I was a plane captain in VA145 when Dieter was shot down on 2 February 1966. The entire squadron was crushed. But many never believed he was actually gone. He had a remarkable record of escaping from Escape and Evasion scenarios, and he learned how to survive evading the Nazis in WWII, and then surviving in this country when he arrived in 1957. He was an amazing pilot, a loyal shipmate and a remarkable man. This book, in his own words, leads you step by step right along with him on one of the greatest escapes in military history. On that day in July when it was announced on the USS Ranger that he had been picked up, there were no dry eyes in VA145 … not one.