This section is quite different to the rest of the site - it contains stories and articles not necessarily connected to either Conscript Heroes or the Pat O'Leary escape line - but I hope the reader will find them of interest anyway. As you will see from the credits, many people have contributed to the information used in these articles, but with some notable exceptions, the words are all my own. I will be adding to this collection as time and circumstance permit ...
In early 2008 I was able to add three new articles about USAAF evaders. The first had been previously posted elsewhere on the internet, the second is a translated extract from a French book whilst the third was only ever intended for the man's family. I am particularly grateful to all three authors for allowing me to publish their work here, and hope you find them as interesting as I do.
Rudolf Ptacek - Rudolf was one of the three Spitfire pilots who escaped from France with my father
Andrée Borrel - Andrée worked with the PAO before she escaped to England & joined SOE
Dominique Edgard Potier - Ed Potier was a Belgian MI9 officer who died at Reims in January 1944
For Ari Rabinowich - Ari was an SOE radio operator that a FANY friend knew at Thame Park
On Their Way Back - the Fillerin family from Renty, Pas de Calais, and some of their 'parcels'