Operation Pimento: My Great-Grandfather’s Great Escape

Operation Pimento is a thrilling and moving account of RAF Squadron Leader Frank Griffiths' remarkable escape from the Nazis after his plane was shot down over occupied France – as told by his great-grandson, Adam Hart. Frank was an assiduous diarist and amateur photographer. So detailed were his accounts that Adam, during his gap year, retraced the steps of his great-grandfather throughout Europe. There, he met the descendants of the people who'd hidden Frank away in order to help him escape the Nazis.

Join Adam in conversation with Ben Queree, as he recounts both journeys – a riveting story of danger, bravery and legacy.

Adam Hart is a writer and historian from Pembrokeshire in South West Wales. While training to be a journalist at Cardiff University, Adam won a travel bursary to retrace his great-grandfather’s escape in World War 2, inspiring this book. He has also written for The Times and Telegraph, appeared on the Antiques Roadshow and ITV Evening News and has spoken on Radio 4 and Times Radio. Operation Pimento is his first book.