Articles
These are articles about escape and evasion generally. Some of them can also be found on the Articles page of the main Conscript Heroes website. Please note that most of the information is about escape and evasion in western Europe or Scandinavia - I just don't have enough facts (yet) to write about escapes from other theatres of war such as Italy, the Aegean, Greece, the Middle East, Burma or Asia. Contributions from readers are welcomed ...
NB. Details and articles about the Pat O'Leary (PAO) escape line are on the main Conscript Heroes site.
Latest article posted on 19 Oct 2011
The 'Classic' Comete Route - the St-Jean-de-Luz passage across the Pyrenees to Spain
ANZAC Escapers from Crete - one part of the story of escapers from Crete
The Dog House - the false safe house in Brussels that was run by Belgian V-Mann Prosper Dezitter
The Ghost Train - the 1,370 prisoners who were saved from deportation to Germany by Belgian railway workers
Escapers from Germany - stories of the men who escaped from German POW camps
Comete Alternative Passages - the Bidarray, Larressore and Souraïde routes across the Pyrenees to Spain
Elisabeth Barbier - her work with the Oaktree escape line
A Journey into the Unknown - evasion from Germany by Bill Dennstedt and Darlene Gordon
The Joe Balfe Escape Line - details of the evasion network at Hornoy le Bourg (Somme) and Amiens
Escape and Evasion in China - advice from the US BEE Bulletins
Daisy in the Sky - the story of 2/Lt James S Frederick's 1944 evasion in France - by Scott Frederick
The Great Ramble - the odyssey that inspired a best selling novel about escape and evasion in France
The Chauny Escape Line - details of the men helped by Etienne Dromas and his Chauny organisation
La Resistance dans le Ternois - by René Guittard - in both English and the original French
Early Escapers - some escapers who got back before the escape lines were established
Tail End Charlie - how four crewmen from a B-17 were helped to safety - by Dominique Lecomte
World War Two and Beyond - a P-47 pilot brought home courtesy of SOE - by Ken Williams
Shelburn - a list of servicemen brought out on the five Bonaparte operations
Evasion in Brittany - Louis Nouveau and the Pat Line connection
Evasion in Brittany - the Oaktree Mission of Val Williams and Ray Labrosse
Evasion in Brittany - the Shelburn escape line
Bourgogne - a list of servicemen helped by Georges Broussine's Bourgogne escape line
Operation Sherwood - a list of servicemen sheltered in the Freteval forest by MI9 Mission Marathon