Der findes stadig historier om 2. Verdenskrig, der skal fortælles, fordi vi aldrig må glemme de særlige indsatser, nogle gjorde for de manges frihed. Historien om den dansk-canadiske jagerpilot Pilot Officer Frank Sørensen er en af dem. Ukendt i den danske offentlighed, men genfundet og bragt til ære og værdighed efter 15 års studier.

Frank Sørensen er en helt almindelig gymnasieelev på Roskilde Katedralskole, der får sit liv revet op med rode i august 1939. I løbet af de næste seks år udvikler han sig fra en helt almindelig roskildedreng til ung landmand i Quebec, Canada og senere til Spitfire-pilot i Royal Canadian Air Force. Han bliver skudt ned over Tunis og derpå krigsfange i den berygtede og navnkundige tyske krigsfangelejr Stalag Luft 3.

Som hjemvendt veteran til Canada i 1945 og senere som uddannet tandlæge slås han med, hvad der i dag ville være blevet diagnosticeret som PTSD.

Udgivelsesdato er 4. juni 2026. Se mere på Turbine Forlagets hjemmeside.

On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark. Within hours and without a real fight, the government capitulated, co-operating with the Nazis in order to secure as much self-determination as possible. Not everybody accepted the surrender.

Abroad, Danes mobilised to fight back. Men and women – whether they had escaped from Denmark, been involuntarily exiled by the occupation, or were emigrants – turned up at recruiting offices around the world, volunteering to fight for Denmark’s freedom.

More than 250 volunteered for the Allied air forces. Britain’s Victory, Denmark’s Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War (For Danmarks frihed in Danish) offers the most comprehensive account of the Danish contribution to the Allied air forces of the Second World War ever written. It covers Danish pilots in Britain, Germany, and Coastal Command; their involvement in the air wars of the Mediterranean and the Balkans; service in the Far East and Pacific; as well as Danes on the ground, often far from the frontline.

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Den 9. april 1940 invaderede tyske tropper Danmark. På få timer og uden stor modstand overgav regeringen sig til de invaderende kræfter. De valgte at samarbejde med nazisterne for at sikre sig en så stor grad af selvbestemmelse som muligt igennem samarbejdspolitikken.

Det var dog ikke alle danskere, der accepterede overgivelsen. Udenfor landets grænser mobiliserede en række danskere sig for at kæmpe imod. Mere end 250 danske mænd og kvinder, der enten var flygtet ud af landet, var blevet ufrivilligt eksileret eller havde emigreret, dukkede op på rekrutteringskontorer verden over for at melde sig frivilligt til at kæmpe for Danmarks frihed.

For Danmarks frihed. Danskere i de allierede luftvåben under 2. verdenskrig er en historisk skildring af danskeres bidrag til de allierede styrker under 2. verdenskrig. For Danmarks frihed er fortællingen om danske piloter og besætningsmedlemmer i Storbritannien, over Tyskland og i det britiske Coastal Command, danskeres rolle i luftkrigene over Middelhavet og Balkanhalvøen, danskere i tjeneste i Fjernøsten og under Stillehavskrigen.

Bogen er oversat til dansk af Jesper Ralbjerg.

On 9 April 1940, German forces invaded Denmark. Within hours and without a real fight, the government capitulated, co-operating with the Nazis in order to secure as much self-determination as possible. Not everybody accepted the surrender.

Abroad, Danes mobilised to fight back. Men and women – whether they had escaped from Denmark, been involuntarily exiled by the occupation, or were emigrants – turned up at recruiting offices around the world, volunteering to fight for Denmark’s freedom.

More than 250 volunteered for the Allied air forces. Britain’s Victory, Denmark’s Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War (For Danmarks frihed in Danish) offers the most comprehensive account of the Danish contribution to the Allied air forces of the Second World War ever written. It covers Danish pilots in Britain, Germany, and Coastal Command; their involvement in the air wars of the Mediterranean and the Balkans; service in the Far East and Pacific; as well as Danes on the ground, often far from the frontline.