RAF Evaders

The Complete Story of RAF Escapees and Their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945

By: OLIVER CLUTTON-BROCK

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Hardcover | 1 April 2009

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During the five years from May 1940 to May 1945 several thousand Allied airmen, forced to abandon their aircraft behind enemy lines, evaded capture and reached freedom, by land, sea and air. The territory held by the Germans was immense - from Norway and Denmark in the north, through Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg to the south of France - and initially there was no organization to help the men on the run. The first one to assist the evaders and escapers ("E & E" as the Americans called them) was the PAT line, along the Mediterranean coast to Perpignan and down the Spanish border; named after a naval officer Pat O' Leary, from 1942 it became the PAO line. Next was the Comet line, from Brussels to the Pyrenees. Thousands of brave people were to be involved for whom, if caught, the penalty was death. Theirs is a stirring and awe-inspiring story. Respected historian Oliver Clutton-Brock has researched in depth this secret world of evasion, uncovering some treachery and many hitherto unpublished details, operations and photos. It is a tremendous reference work, written in his own colorful style with numerous anecdotes, which fills a gap of knowledge formerly unavailable to historians, professional or amateur. Packed with information, key figure biographies and listings - 2,094 evaders identified - this is a valuable testimony to the courage of all those involved.

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Dedication	p. iv
Acknowledgements	p. vi
Glossary	p. viii
Details of selected personalities	p. xii
Preface	p. xxv
Introduction	p. xxix
In the beginning: 1940	p. 1
Marseille and St Hippolyte: 1940-1941	p. 23
Diplomacy and evasion, Spain and Portugal: 1940-1942	p. 45
PAT line: 1941-1942	p. 65
By land and by sea: 1942	p. 87
The Comet line: 1941-1942	p. 112
Marie-Claire and other escape lines: 1940-1944	p. 134
Chauny escape line	p. 148
Dutch-Paris	p. 152
Bleu et Jonquille	p. 157
Frans Hals	p. 158
The Maca family	p. 158
Luctor et Emergo/Fiat Libertas	p. 159
Boats, planes, more escape lines, France: 1942-1944	p. 160
Comet and PAT/PAO lines: 1942-1943	p. 188
Evasions: January-September 1943	p. 216
Evasions: October 1943-June 1944	p. 244
Operation Marathon: 1944	p. 273
The Marathon camps in the Belgian Ardennes	p. 288
Evasions: June 1944-May 1945	p. 297
The "Ghost Train"	p. 313
To the bitter end	p. 325
List of RAF evaders: 1940-1945	p. 346
List of Comet evaders: 1941-1944	p. 412
Sea evacuations: 1942-1944	p. 417
Marathon: 1944	p. 423
MI9, IS9, and IS9 (WEA)	p. 427
The unusual evasion of Sergeant H.E.R. Merlin RAF	p. 430
Operation Frankton: December 1942	p. 433
Statistical tables: evaders by rank; month lost; nation; type of aircraft; and place	p. 434
Notes to Chapters	p. 436
Bibliography	p. 474
Index	p. 477
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