81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Free Audiobook Download by Toula Vlahou,Brian Murphy


On April 18, 1942, Lt. James S. Nanney is sent from the US Army Air Forces in Seattle to participate in Operation Chastise, an attack on German warships docked at the naval base of St. Nazaire, France. Despite being outnumbered four-to-one and possessing only three serviceable aircraft, he and his men manage to destroy two of the ships and set fire to a third before retreating back across the Atlantic Ocean towards Greenland.

Toula Vlahou starts an incredible journey from a life of luxury in the Greek capital Athens to the frozen wilderness of Alaska's interior. Her husband, Brian Murphy, is a WWII fighter pilot who has been shot down and injured in France's dangerous bocage country. He spends the next six months waiting for evacuation and is finally transferred to Alaska where he must survive the harsh Arctic conditions until his air raid training begins at Fairbanks.

Twenty-seven year old pilot Toula Vlahou and her copilot, Brian Murphy, were on their way from Alaska's mining town of Fairbanks to the Aleutian Islands when they became grounded in a wintry storm. Believing that they would never see their families again, the two did what any other pair of young Americans would do: They held hands, sang songs, and prayed for deliverance. Over the next 81 days they survived by honing their skills with survival tactics until they were rescued.

Alaskan pilot Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy was a brave soldier during the Battle of Attu from 1942 to 1943. It was him who found the frozen plane and its pilot, Lieutenant Joe Kennedy. The narrative follows the journey of this war veteran who had forgotten about his past until his life was saved by another WWII veteran in the end.

World War II pilot, Toula Vlahou, and her fellow crew members of a downed B-17 bomber were stranded in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. After being rescued from freezing icy death by a group of Alaskan natives led by war hero Joe, they were given an incredible chance at survival when their plane was repaired for flight and delivered to safer bases. They followed him as he led them on one arduous journey after another through arctic conditions that might have claimed all of their lives.

On November 9, 1942, the Japanese pilot Hayato Kano was flying his Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter when he encountered a frozen lake just south of Russia. One of the engines in his plane stopped and the oil pressure on the other went down to zero. He attempted to land on the lake but found it too hard to control and crashed into the icy surface.

Published Date 2015-06-02
Duration 8 hours 44 minutes
Author Toula Vlahou, Brian Murphy
Narrated Richard Ferrone
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Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Biography & Memoir
Parent Category Military

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