“Up and Under” is an amusing, sensitive, raw and astonishing account of the escapades of a young man with a zest for life, suddenly faced with the prospect of just as he reaches his majority.Frank and fearless in it’s subjective reporting, it is a true and exciting story of the R.A.F., told by a man who experienced the agony of nearly fifty bombing operations over Europe, who was awarded the D.F.M. In 1941 for his courage during the Brest raid and who was later shot down and incarcerated in Stalag Luft III where he spent three gruelling years making the best of a bad job.Gwyn Martin does not flinch from the seamier side of life, but he handles a sensitive story with great wit and panache. His journey back to the U.K. after a forced march in horrendous conditions and subsequent release by the Russians and his adventures in and around the camps are almost too entertaining to be true, but there are many others to vouch for each and every incident, including those who took part in the Great Escape and survived to tell the tale.