THE WARTIME ESCAPE NETWORK CALLED COMETE
By Raymond Itterbeek – Comète In spite of the existence of the Treaty of Non-Aggression, German troops invaded Belgium on the 10th May 1940. The Belgian army tried valiantly to
THE SCHOOL THAT FELL FROM THE SKY
Very few people will have heard of The Airmen’s Memorial Primary School at Ewasse Village, in the Bialla District, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, but for the people of
PG 49 – FONTANELLATO, ITALY – 60 Years on
1943-2003 Recalled by the late Ian English MC+ 2bars It was in May 2002, during The San Martino Freedom Trail, which was based on the Europa Hotel in Sulmona, that
A Jersey Escape
Jack Douay MBE In the early days of the war, as in all the later ones, fate played an important role in favouring an escape, or bringing it to an
Jungle Escapes
Burma The priority in WW2 was Europe, and regrettably those who fought in the jungles of Burma considered themselves the ‘Forgotten Army’. Their task was tough, not only did they
‘ICI LONDRES’
ICI LONDRES was the BBC life line to our friends in occupied Europe. Helpers, Resistants and SOE agents would huddle around their covert radio sets in the evenings, expectantly awaiting their
ESCAPE FROM FRANCE
Freda Moggridge The story I am about to tell covers a period of nearly 18 months, from my flight from Paris in June 1940 until my arrival in Spain at
Spain’s “Historic Memory” and Links with WWII
Geoff Cowling HM Consul General Barcelona 2002/5 (retired) In October 2007, the Spanish Parliament passed a controversial law “to recover Spain’s historic memory”, specifically aimed at researching and commemorating events
Donald Darling
MI9 ESCAPE Lines 1940 – 1947 There were many unsung heroes in WW2, working unseen to help the Allied cause. People who quietly, secretly and in personal danger assisted allied
The Late Arrivals Club
Rog Stanton The Late Arrivals Club was formed in Cairo in 1941 by Sqn Ldr George Houghton who, in a PR story, wrote about evaders and referred to an aircrew
The Last Post
Rog Stanton In years gone by the British Army relied on a system of bugle calls for communication. Each soldier had to identify all calls otherwise he was in danger
Dentist to the SOE
When ELMS members Clare and Steve Campbell were invited to visit the Hunterian Museum, a medical museum, in Holborn, London, where their friend Sam is Director, they had not bargained
Tangled Web
Newsletter No21 By Elizabeth Harrison This is the story of three generations of Frenchmen in the Lebé family from St Girons in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Andre Lebé is the curator
