Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: UNDERWOOD, George. "…And Some Were Lucky." 160p., illus., index. Corby: Linwood, 1996. ISBN: 0952913208.

The author was a stoker who volunteered for submarines in 1940. After training he joined Otway then moved to Sahib as she completed in May 1942. He served with her in the Mediterranean in April 1942. He was taken prisoner but later escaped and much of the book covers this period in Italy. He met the advancing Allies in late 1944 and after repatriation joined Tuna based in Scotland for the rest of the war.