I have been shown this today (and I apologise if its linked elsewhere I did search :blush: ) The link is quite slow so I actually downloaded a...
Many years ago on Alonissos, in the Northern Sporades islands of Greece, I talked to an old man who told me there was an escape line there for...
I am trying to track down more information on my father's evasion over the Pyrenees. He was shot down over Rennes in Aug 1943 and with the help...
Knowing that in my local area in France there were several alliied airmen that came through our village before getting on to the escape lines I...
2 Resistance members died for for every downed Allied airman who evaded and returned to England. Ever since discovering that Dutch statistic I've...
I'm rereading 'case by case' by ib melchior, in which he refers to catholic priests who sheltered and assisted both escaping jews and (postwar)...
Every year at a weekend at the beginning of September "Les Amis des Comete" based in South West France organise a commemorative walk over the...
My father (Samuele Danti) was an italian partisan in tuscany, italy under the command of major Anthony Oldham. He helped two british servicemen...
Can anyone please assist with the wording and gazette date for the wartime 'honorary' DSO citation for "Lt Cdr Pat O'Leary, RNVR" (real name...
looks interesting. "Researching the aid given to downed Allied airmen by the Resistance during World War II in The Netherlands, Belgium, and...
Hallo all I wonder if anyone has come across a memorial to the people of Holland who helped our airmen get back to Blighty? The thought struck...
Evening All Having recently organised a major re union in Yorkshire for 78 Sqn RAF, I would be extremely grateful for some "pointers" from any...
Not sure if this has been posted before, but there are some interesting stories on the link. After the defeat of France in June 1940...
Hi, After recently reading Robert Ryans book Blue Noon (based on a true story about Harry Cole during WWII) I am interested in learning more about...
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