Pluschow war deutscher Marineoffzier, bekannt insbesondere als "Flieger von Tsingtau." In Feuerland uberflog er als Erster die Darwin-Kordillere, das Kap Horn und die Torres del Paine. Das Buch berichtet uber seine Expedition in Sudamerika.

An outstanding story of the aerial war and a daring escape from captivity
For the uninitiated this book's original title, 'My Escape from Donnington Hall, ' gave few clues as to the astonishing and unique nature of its contents. Its author was a young German, Gunther Pluschow. As an airman in German service at the outbreak of the First World War he was, unusually, serving in China flying a Rumpler-Taube aircraft from the East Asia naval station at Tsingtau that became besieged by joint Japanese and British forces. Pluschow's attempt to fly to safety, as it became obvious the position...

An outstanding story of the aerial war and a daring escape from captivity
For the uninitiated this book's original title, 'My Escape from Donnington Hall, ' gave few clues as to the astonishing and unique nature of its contents. Its author was a young German, Gunther Pluschow. As an airman in German service at the outbreak of the First World War he was, unusually, serving in China flying a Rumpler-Taube aircraft from the East Asia naval station at Tsingtau that became besieged by joint Japanese and British forces. Pluschow's attempt to fly to safety, as it became obvious the position...

Gunther Pluschow wurde wahrend der Belagerung der deutschen Kolonie Tsingtau bekannt, da er mit dem einzigen Flugzeug viele Erkundungsfluge durchfuhrte und mageblich dafur sorgte, dass die Kolonie langere Zeit der deutlich uberlegenen japanischen Armee standhalten konnte. In diesem Buch berichtet Pluschow von seinen Erlebnissen in drei Erdteilen. Nachdruck des Originals von 1916.