The Shelburne escape line
An edition of The Shelburne escape line (2014)
secret rescues of allied aviators by the French underground, the British Royal Navy and London's MI-9
By Réanne Hemingway-Douglass
Publish Date
2014
Publisher
Cave Art Press
Language
eng
Pages
197
Description:
"The only Underground escape line that successfully evaded infiltration by the Gestapo was the Shelburne Line. Allied airmen, rescued after being shot down, were taken to Paris by Resistance members where - after intense interrogation - they received new names, identity cards, clothing, training, and special passes for the forbidden coastal zone in Brittany. They were hidden in "safe house" attics of loyal local farmers, waiting until a moonless night for evacuation to England via the Royal Navy's high-speed Motor Gun Boat 503"--Back cover.
subjects: Comet Line, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Great Britain, Underground movements, World War, 1939-1945, Beligum
Places: France