MI9 nos 500 to 999

These are British and Commonwealth escapers and evaders listed by their MI9 report numbers. Up until June 1944 evaders in northern Europe (other than Scandinavia) generally tried to reach England, usually through Spain, but after the Allied landings in Normandy, they tended to evade in the country in which they found themselves, sheltered by local people, and sometimes resistance organisations, until the advancing Allied forces reached them. Copies of any of these files are available from The National Archives at Kew in the WO208 series.

This page updated 13 Nov 2019

3306 500 (-)	Gnr J Sanson	6 Maritime AA - MV Maud	Sunk May 41 - landed French West Africa - interned - escaped June 41#
3306 501 (-)	Sq Ldr E P P Gibbs	616 Sqn Spitfire P8070	FTR July 41 - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees to Barcelona
3306 502 (F)	Capt H B Burn	7 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	St Valery - Marseille to Algiers by ship Oct 40 - Carnot - Oran - Gibraltar
3306 503 (-)	Gnr J Dennis	4 Maritime AA - SS Glen Head	Sunk off Gibraltar by German dive-bombers June 41
3306 504 (-)	Gnr H S Leduc	6 Maritime AA - SS Vulcan	Torpedoed off Sierra Leone May 41 - repatriated from Freetown
3306 505 (-)	LA B R Laing RNZN	825 Sqn Swordfish (HMS Furious)	Landed in Sweden Sept 40 - interned - repatriated Sept 41
3306 506 (B)	Pte John D Cross	4 Seaforth Highlanders	St Valery - escaped near Rouen - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 507 (B)	Sgt J R B Ross	4 Seaforth Highlanders	Captured at Moyenville June 40 - escaped at Ascq June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 508 (F)	Pte P Daniels	2 Seaforth Highlanders	Escaped near Tours July 40 - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 509 (B)	L/Cpl E Roberts	1 Black Watch	St Valery - escaped near Flobecq July 40 - MMB 1941
3306 510 (F)	Sgt D Reid	1 Black Watch	St Valery - escaped Val de Grace hospital Apr 41 - MMB 1941
3306 511 (B)	L/Cpl M D Williamson	Black Watch	St Valery - escaped Ghent Aug 40 - MMB 1941
3306 512 (F)	Pte R McLelland	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	Abbeville - escaped Amiens - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 513 (B)	Pte W J Clark	5 Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM July 40 - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 514 (B)	Pte James Cromar *	1 Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped Alost - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 41 to Bilbao
3306 515 (G)	L/Cpl W Reynolds	Cameron Highlanders	St Valery - escaped Stalag VI J (Werden) Dec 40 - MMB 1941
3306 516 (F)	L/Sgt J Barrett	Royal Artillery	St Valery - Lille July 40 - St Hippolyte May 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 517 (F)	Dvr T J Green	Royal Artillery	Captured near Calais but escaped May 40 - MMB 1941
3306 518 (F)	Dvr S D Boyd	Royal Artillery	Captured at Abbeville June 40 - escaped June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 519 (F)	Dvr R McClelland	53 A/Tk Royal Artillery	Cassel June 40 - escaped Mar 41 - PAO to Marseille - MMB 1941
3306 520 (-)	Gnr F Croose	Royal Artillery	Evaded from Cassel May 40 - PAO to Marseille - MMB 1941
3306 521 (F)	Gnr C F Kenny	Royal Artillery	St Valery - escaped LOM July 40 - St Hippolyte May 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 522 (F)	Gnr E A Hooper	2 AA Regt	Calais May 40 - escaped LOM June 40 - Pyrenees June 41
3306 523 (F)	Gnr A C Thomson	RHA	St Valery - escaped LOM June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 524 (B)	Gnr W Liddle	Royal Artillery	Calais May 40 - escaped June 40 - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 525 (F)	L/Bdr R W Gargan	RHA	St Valery - escaped LOM June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 526 (F)	L/Cpl R Booth	RASC	Captured at Fruges May 40 - escaped Hesdin June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 527 (F)	L/Cpl H Murray	RASC	Captured at Lumbres May 40 - escaped June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 528 (F)	Dvr F Rowe	RASC	Escaped Calais May 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 to Barcelona
3306 529 (F)	Dvr H C D Simmons	RASC	Escaped near St Omer May 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 to Barcelona
3306 530 (F)	Sgt H Emery	RASC	Captured near St Omer June 40 - escaped LOM - MMB 1941
3306 531 (B)	A/Cpl J Dean	1 East Surrey - attach RASC	Neufchatel May 40 - escaped LOM June 40 - PAO - Pyrenees - Gerona
3306 532 (F)	Pte James Tobin	RAMC	Val de Grace hospital June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees July 41 - Miranda
3306 533 (F)	Pte P F Walding	RAOC	Boulogne May 40 - escaped LOM May 40 - MMB 1941
3306 534 (F)	Pte H W Lake	RAOC	Captured near St Omer May 40 - escaped Lille Sept 40 - MMB 1941
3306 535 (F)	Pte Jim A Mowat	RASC	Escaped near St Omer May 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 to Barcelona
3306 536 (F)	Sgmn Thomas L Edgar	RAMC	Val de Grace hospital June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees July 41 - Miranda
3306 537 (B)	Sgmn T Redman	Royal Corps of Signals	St Valery - escaped LOM June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 538 (F)	Sgt J Sutherst	10 Royal Hussars	Doullens June 40 - St Hippolyte May 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 539 (F)	Spr D Kemp	RE - Postal Sect	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3306 540 (F)	Spr A Cook	Royal Engineers	St Valery - escaped LOM near Bethune - MMB 1941
3306 541 (F)	Spr W G James	Royal Engineers	St Valery - escaped LOM near Bethune - MMB 1941
3306 542 (F)	Spr H Fraser-Hutchinson	1 Can Div - 1 Fld Coy ACE	Escaped Brest Nov 40 to Switzerland - France July 41 - Pyrenees Aug 41
3306 543 (B)	Cpl W G King	Middlesex Regt	Captured near Rouen June 40 - escaped LOM - MMB 1941
3306 544 (-)	Sgt R V Smith	RASC	Evaded from northern France - MMB 1941
3306 545 (F)	Pte J F Coddington	2/6 East Surrey	Captured at Blagny June 40 - escaped LOM - MMB 1941
3306 546 (F)	Pte J W Morris	2/6 East Surrey	St Valery - escaped LOM - MMB 1941
3306 547 (-)	CSM P U Allum	Queen's Own Royal West Kent	Evaded from Amiens - MMB 1941
3306 548 (-)	Sgt G Bowell	Hampshire Regt	Evaded from Renneville - MMB 1941
3306 549 (F)	L/Cpl J W Maddock	6 Royal West Kent	Captured at Rue May 40 - escaped same day - MMB 1941
3306 550 (F)	Pte R T Emmott	Royal West Kent Regt	Captured at Albert May 40 - escaped same day - MMB 1941
3306 551 (F)	L/Cpl H Phillips	Royal Sussex Regt	Captured at Rouen June 40 - escaped next day - St Hippolyte - Pyrenees
3306 552 (-)	Pte A West	The Loyal Regiment	Evaded from La Rosiere June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 553 (B)	Pte G A Nicholson	2 East Lancs	Dunkirk May 40 - escaped Brussels work camp June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 554 (F)	Pte T A Holland	2/5 West Yorks	Captured at Robecq May 40 - escaped next day - MMB 1941
3306 555 (F)	Gdsm Arthur Boswell	2 Welsh Guards	Captured near Hesdin June 40 - escaped German lorry - MMB 1941
3306 556 (-)	Pte S Walker	Labour Coy - 51 Div	Evaded from Rouen area June 40 - MMB 1941
3306 557 (B)	Pte A Brown	1 Cameron Highlanders	Captured near Lille May 40 - escaped Tournai Oct 40 - Pyrenees Aug 41
3306 558 (F)	Cpl C Carter	Corps of Military Police	St Valery - escaped LOM - MMB 1941
3306 559 (-)	L/Cpl A Chellingworth	Corps of Military Police	Evader - PAO - Ste Marthe Mar 41 - Pyrenees - arrested
3306 560 (-)	Sgt R G Martin	OADU Blenheim Z7678	Landed in Portugal Aug 41 - interned
3306 561 (-)	Sgt Pilot Alexander C Roberts	452 Sqn Spitfire P7562	FTR July 41 - PAO - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - Pyrenees to Barcelona
3306 562 (-)	Sgt John Burridge	220 Sqn Hudson P5146	FTR Apr 41 - PAO - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - Pyrenees to Barcelona
3306 563 (-)	Sgt J B Thompson	OADU Blenheim Z7678	Landed in Portugal Aug 41 - interned
3306 564 (-)	Sgt J Bowling	OADU Blenheim Z7585	Landed in Portugal Aug 41 - interned
3306 565 (-)	Sgt Pilot F Grant	OADU Blenheim Z7585	Landed in Portugal Aug 41 - interned
3306 566 (-)	Sgt Ronald H P Humphris	15 Sqn Wellington R1080	FTR Apr 41 - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees - Miranda
3306 567 (-)	Sgt L McLean	15 Sqn Wellington R1080	FTR Apr 41 - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees - Miranda
3306 568 (-)	Sgt R V Dart	OADU Blenheim Z7585	Landed in Portugal Aug 41 - interned
3306 569 (-)	F/O Derek N Forde	145 Sqn Spitfire P8712	FTR July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3306 570 (F)	Pte A Deas	Cameron Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41
3306 571 (F)	Pte B Barnes	Loyals	Le Havre - Dieppe July 40 - St Hippolyte - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41
3306 572 (G)	L/Cpl J S Allan	Corps of Military Police	Camier May 40 - Stalag XXA (Thorn) Sept 41 to Poland and Russia
3306 573 (G)	L/Cpl S Green	RASC	La Bassée May 40 - Stalag XXA (Thorn) Sept 41 to Poland and Russia
3306 574 (G)	Gnr George H Clark	Royal Artillery 209/53 A/Tank	Watou May 40 - Stalag XXA (Thorn) Sept 41 to Poland and Russia
3306 575 (-)	Gnr S Mann	RA - AA Regt SS Vulcan	Sunk May 41 off West Africa - Conakry - exchanged Sept 41
3307 576 (-)	Sgt E W A Sutton	8 Sqn (ME) Blenheim	FTR Aden Feb 41 - captured Sifani (Abyssinia) Mar 41 - liberated Apr 41
3307 577 (-)	Sgt Pilot William G Lockhart	74 Sqn Spitfire W3317	FTR July 41 - Fillerin - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3307 578 (-)	Sgt Pilot Josef Mensik	312 (Cz) Sqn Hurricane Z5060	FTR July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3307 579 (-)	Pte W Davis	RASC	Evaded from Metz to Switzerland June 40 - Pyrenees July 41 - Miranda
3307 580 (-)	Cpl D O'D Lochrie	RASC	Evaded from Metz to Switzerland June 40 - Pyrenees July 41 - Miranda
3307 581 (B)	Pte Robert Dunbar	1 Bn Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - Frontstalag 190 - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - Pyrenees - Miranda
3307 582 (B)	Pte D Milner	Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 583 (F)	Cpl H Monaghan	1 Black Watch	St Valery - Senlis July 40 - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 584 (F)	Pte W Winslade	K Y L I	Rouen June 40 - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 585 (-)	L/Cpl H J Warnett	C M P	Evaded from Hardinghen May 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3307 586 (F)	Gnr Arthur V Badman	Royal Artillery	St Omer May 40 - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 587 (B)	Cpl I H C Rennie	RAOC	St Martin June 40 - escaped LOM - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3307 588 (F)	Sign J M Ritchie	Royal Corps of Signals	Calais May 40 - escaped Lille June 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41
3307 589 (F)	Dvr D Ower	RASC	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41
3307 590 (B)	Lt Col F A A Blake	RA - Military Attache	Fort Mahon May 40 - escaped LOM - Marseille to Tunis by ship Jan 41
3307 591 (F)	Dvr J D Dolan	RE - 38 Field Coy	Alencon July 40 - Caen Aug 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 41 - Miranda
3307 592 (F)	F/Lt William Simpson	12 Sqn Battle L4949	FTR May 40 - badly injured - repatriated to UK by MMB 1941
3307 593 (G)	F/Lt J T L Shore	9 Sqn Wellington R1335	FTR Mar 41 - escaped Stalag Luft 1 (Barth) Oct 41 to Sweden
3307 594 (F)	Pte J S Beattie	5 Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte Apr 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 595 (G)	Cpl Louis G Massey	RASC	Boulogne May 40 - escaped Winduga (Poland) Dec 40 to Russia
3307 596 (-)	F/Sgt F B R Wilson	51 Sqn Whitley Z6938	FTR Berlin Sept 42 - baled out over Sweden - interned
3307 597 (-)	F/Sgt P E Wilson	51 Sqn Whitley Z6938	FTR Berlin Sept 42 - baled out over Sweden - interned
3307 598 (-)	F/Sgt D R Morgan	51 Sqn Whitley Z6938	FTR Berlin Sept 42 - baled out over Sweden - interned
3307 599 (-)	P/O P Frank Allen	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Barcelona

Escaper here means escaping from the Germans - many men were also interned by the French when they reached the ZNO

It may be assumed that airmen with FTR (failed to return) dates were evaders unless otherwise noted

St Valery refers to Saint Valery-en-Caux where the Highland 51st Division were forced to surrender 12 June 1940

Miranda refers to the Spanish concentration camp at Miranda-del-Ebro where so many men were held for varying amounts of time

MMB refers to the Mixed Medical Board in Marseille which passed (sometimes fraudulently) injured servicemen for repatriation

St Hippolyte refers to escapes from the French prison near Nimes where the Allied internees of Detachment W were held from Jan 41 to Mar 42

Fillerin refers Norbert Fillerin and his family of Renty (Pas-de-Calais) who helped escapers and evaders throughout the war

Note that the Organisation (later known as the PAO) can now, in many cases, be positively identified as helping specific escapers and evaders

# Gnr Sanson was one of several shipwrecked seamen held by the Vichy French at Conakry who were helped to 'escape' by a French officer

* Pte James Cromar was the first of many escapers and evaders brought out by the Comete escape line

Sgt N G Parsons from OADU Blenheim Z7678 should have been included here but he was killed on Malta before he could return home

The last of these men - P/O Allen - left Gibraltar for England 22 November 41

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3307 600 (-)	F/Lt Archibald L Winskill	41 Sqn Spitfire W3447	FTR Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Andorra and Barcelona
3307 601 (F)	Pte R Brown	8 The Loyal Regt	Aizier July 40 - Caudebec July 40 - St Hippolyte Feb 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
602 (Iraq)	Sgt F C Daniels	37 Sqn Wellington T2711	FTR Baghdad May 41 - repatriated to Egypt June 41
603 (Iraq)	Sgt J E Howard	37 Sqn Wellington T2711	FTR Baghdad May 41 - repatriated to Egypt June 41
3307 604 (-)	F/Lt Denis Crowley-Milling	610 Sqn Spitfire W3455	FTR Aug 41 - Fillerin - PAO - Pyrenees Sept 41 - Miranda
3307 605 (-)	P/O Basil D C Gibson	51 Sqn Whitley Z6938	FTR Berlin Sept 42 - baled out over Sweden - interned
3307 606 (-)	F/Lt Richard G A Barclay	611 Sqn Spitfire W3816	FTR Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 607 (-)	Sgt Arnold John Mott	78 Sqn Whitley P4950	FTR Dec 40 - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 608 (-)	Sgt Pilot L M McKee	616 Sqn Spitfire W3514	FTR Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Andorra and Barcelona
3307 609 (-)	Cpl J H Fleming	211 Sqn Armourer	Athens Apr 41 - escaped Piraeus May 41 - Crete then Egypt Oct 41
3307 610 (-)	Sq Ldr Harry E Bufton	9 Sqn Wellington W5703	FTR Cologne Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 611 (-)	2/Lt Richard E H Parkinson	4 Royal Sussex	Evaded from Caestre - St Hippolyte - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41
3307 612 (-)	P/O Oscar Coen	71 (Eagle) Sqn Spitfire AB827	FTR Oct 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 613 (-)	P/O Alexandre E J G Nitelet	609 Sqn Spitfire W3254	FTR Aug 41 - Filllerin - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 614 (-)	Lt D Lambert	HM Submarine Regent	Yugoslavia Apr 41 - Sulmona (Italy) - exchange POW Nov 41
3307 615 (G)	Cpl J A Parker	R Australian Eng	Crete May 41 - Stalag VIIA Aug 41 - Switzerland - PAO - May 42
3307 616 (-)	F/O S Krol PAF	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 617 (-)	F/O T Jasinski PAF	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 618 (-)	Sgt R Mol PAF	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 619 (-)	Sgt Alfred Troughton	51 Sqn Whitley Z6938	FTR Berlin Sept 42 - baled out over Sweden - interned
3307 620 (-)	Sgt David M Watts RAAF	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 621 (-)	Sgt C G Thompson RAAF	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 622 (-)	Sgt Stanley H Moore	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 623 (-)	Sgt H B Newton RNZAF	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 624 (-)	Sgt A Bain	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 625 (-)	Sgt McOmie	OADU Wellington Z8432	Landed in Portugal Nov 41 - interned until Dec 41
3307 626 (-)	Sgt Kenneth B Read	9 Sqn Wellington W5703	FTR Cologne Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 627 (-)	Sgt William F Crampton	9 Sqn Wellington W5703	FTR Cologne Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 628 (-)	Sgt Patrick H Bell	602 Sqn Spitfire AB780	FTR Sept 41 - Fillerin - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 629 (-)	Sgt Philip R Herbert *	15 Sqn Wellington R1080	FTR Apr 41 - Fort St Marthe June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees June 41 - Miranda
3307 630 (-)	Sgt Stefan Tomicki	305 (P) Sqn Wellington W5593	FTR Frankfurt Aug 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Nov 41
3307 631 (-)	Sgt Michel R Kowalski	305 (P) Sqn Wellington W5593	FTR Frankfurt Aug 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Nov 41
3307 632 (-)	Sgt John R Ives RCAF	51 Sqn Whitley Z6569	FTR Cologne Aug 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Nov 41
3307 633 (-)	Sgt John R Worby	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 634 (-)	Sgt G Campbell	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 635 (-)	Sgt John R W Christensen RAAF	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Barcelona
636 (Italy)	Lt Henry E Stewart	Intel Corps att. 9/Aust Div	Libya Apr 41 - PG78 (Sulmona) to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees June 42
3307 637 (G)	Capt H Barry O'Sullivan	3 Royal Tank Regt	Oflag VB (Biberach) Sept 41 to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3307 638 (G)	Capt Hugh A Woollatt	2 Lancs Fusiliers	Oflag VB (Biberach) Sept 41 to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3307 639 (G)	Lt Michael G Duncan	4 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry	Oflag VB (Biberach) Sept 41 to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3307 640 (G)	2/Lt Angus D Rowan-Hamilton	Black Watch	Oflag VB (Biberach) Sept 41 to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3307 641 (-)	P/O Josef Zulikowski	306 (P) Sqn Hurricane AP516	FTR June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 642 (-)	Sgt Adolf Pietrasiak	308 (P) Sqn Spitfire P8318	FTR Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Andorra and Barcelona
3307 643 (-)	Sgt Rudolf Ptacek	222 (Cz) Sqn Spitfire P8244	FTR Aug 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Sept 41 - Miranda
3307 644 (-)	Sgt A H Graham	53 Sqn Hudson AM777	FTR Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 645 (-)	Sgt John S Paton RCAF	405 Sqn Wellington W5551	FTR Brest July 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 646 (B)	Pte J McLaren	2 Seaforth Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees July 41
3307 647 (B)	Pte T Williamson	2 Seaforth Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees July 41
3307 648 (-)	Cpl W F Gardner	2 Wiltshires	Arras May 40 - Hirson June 40 - St Hippolyte June 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 649 (-)	Sgt Jack L Newton	12 Sqn Wellington W5421	FTR Aachen Aug 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3307 650 (B)	Pte Francis G Mumme	1 Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3307 651 (-)	Cpl Fred Wilkinson	Royal Engineers	Evader - PAO - Pyrenees Sept 41 - Miranda
3307 652 (F)	Pte Peter S Janes	2/6 East Surrey	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Sept 41 - Miranda
3307 653 (F)	Pte Arthur C Fraser	4 Cameron Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Sept 41 - Miranda
3307 654 (B)	Pte J Farrell	2 Seaforth Highlanders	St Valery-sur-Somme - LOM - St Hippolyte Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 655 (F)	Pte J T Clarke	1 Black Watch	St Valery - escaped LOM - St Hippolyte Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3307 656 (B)	Sgt Allan G Cowan	4 Cameron Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - Comete - Pyrenees Oct 41
3307 657 (B)	Pte Duncan Greig	4 Cameron Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 41
3307 658 (B)	Pte A B Conville	1 Glasgow Highlanders	Cherbourg July 40 - Boitsfort July 40 - Comete - Pyrenees Oct 41
3307 659 (-)	L/Bdr J Heather	RA 51 (H) Div	Evaded from Ochancourt June 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 - Miranda
3307 660 (-)	Gnr H Fryer	RA 51 (H) Div	Evaded from Ochancourt June 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 - Miranda
3307 661 (F)	Dvr J Strachan	RASC	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Oct 41 to Andorra
3307 662 (F)	L/Bdr Edward W Dimes	RHA 51 (H) Div	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 663 (F)	Dvr J Smith	RASC - 3 GHQ	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3307 664 (-)	Sgt G Soltysiak	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 665 (-)	Sgt J Chodyra	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 666 (-)	P/O Howard B Carroll	207 Sqn Manchester L7321	FTR Cologne Oct 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3307 667 (-)	P/O Z Groyecki	300 (P) Sqn Wellington R1705	FTR Mannheim Nov 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona
3307 668 (-)	W/Cdr R Rudkowski	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 669 (-)	Sgt W Wasilewski	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3307 670 (-)	Sgt F Sobkowiak	138 SD Halifax L9612	FTR SOE mission to Poland Nov 41 - crashed in Sweden - interned
3308 671 (F)	Lt A R P P K Cameron	4 Cameron Highlanders	Escaped Frontstalag 101 Oct 41 to Switzerland - MMB 1941
3308 672 (-)	W/Cmdr P A Gilchrist	405 Sqn Wellington W5551	FTR July 41 - evaded to Switzerland then back thru France to Gibraltar
3308 673 (-)	Sgt Hugh R Wilson RCAF	51 Sqn Whitley Z6874	FTR Oct 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona Consulate
3308 674 (-)	P/O Thomas Milroy Gay	53 Sqn Hudson AM777	FTR Sept 41 - Pyrenees from Licq-Atherey Oct 41 - Miranda
3308 675 (A)	Sgt George A Bonnar	47 ME Sqn Wellesley	Shot down Abyssinia Dec 40 - captured - liberated Eritrea Apr 41
3308 676 (G)	Lt Airey M S Neave	Royal Artillery	Calais May 40 - Colditz to Switzerland Jan 42 - PAO - Pyrenees Jan 42
3308 677 (B)	Pte Archie Neill	Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3308 678 (F)	Gnr John H Clapham	RHA	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3308 679 (F)	L/Cpl P H Kincaid	1 Black Watch	St Valery - escaped Lille June 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona
3308 680 (F)	Pte Walter Philips	6 Gordon Highlanders	Caen June 40 - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 to Barcelona
3308 681 (-)	Capt Charles P Murchie	RASC - HQ EFI	Evader - Pyrenees April 41 - six months Castillo Montjuic then Miranda
3308 682 (F)	Sgt Oliver B James	83 Sqn Hampden X3132	FTR Mar 41 - Heilag at Rouen Nov 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to BC
3308 683 (F)	Sgt Obs William J Magrath	82 Sqn Blenheim R2772	FTR Aug 40 - Heilag at Rouen Nov 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to BC
3308 684 (-)	Sgt W J H Thomas	89 Sqn Beaufighter X7647	Baled out over Golega, Portugal Dec 41 - interned until Mar 42
3308 685 (-)	Sgt D G Morris	89 Sqn Beaufighter X7647	Baled out over Golega, Portugal Dec 41 - interned until Mar 42
3308 686 (-)	Sgt Jerzi D Budzynski	300 (P) Sqn Wellington R1705	FTR Mannheim Nov 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona
3308 687 (-)	Sgt Leonard A Warburton	101 Sqn Wellington R1703	FTR Cologne Sept 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3308 688 (-)	Sgt John W Hutton	101 Sqn Wellington R1703	FTR Cologne Sept 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3308 689 (B)	Pte Andrew Pow	Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 - Miranda
3308 690 (B)	Pte Joseph Ross	Gordon Highlanders	St Valery - escaped LOM - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 - Miranda
3308 691 (-)	Sgt V G Haley	218 Sqn Wellington R1511	FTR Bordeaux Oct 41 - Pyrenees from Villelongue-dels-Monts Dec 41
3308 692 (-)	Sgt Wallace H Dyer	99 Sqn Wellington X9761	FTR Frankfurt Sept 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona
3308 693 (-)	Sgt Albert D Day RCAF	77 Sqn Whitley Z6826	FTR Frankfurt Aug 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3308 694 (-)	Sgt Gilbert T Cox	207 Sqn Manchester L7321	FTR Cologne Oct 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Dec 41
3308 695 (-)	Sgt Hilary E Birk RAAF	99 Sqn Wellington X9761	FTR Frankfurt Sept 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Nov 41
3308 696 (-)	Sgt John B Dicks RCAF	99 Sqn Wellington X9761	FTR Frankfurt Sept 41 - Pyrenees Nov 41 - Miranda
3308 697 (-)	Spr Robert Reid	171 Tunnel RE	Evaded from Boulogne May 40 - PAO - Pyrenees Nov 41 - Miranda
3308 698 (G)	Cpl Norman J Hogan	RASC	Boulogne May 40 - escaped train Feb 41 - Comete - Pyrenees Feb 42
3308 699 (-)	Sgt Norman W Mackenzie	109 Sqn Wellington T2565	FTR Nov 41 - Pyrenees Dec 41 to Barcelona Consulate

Escaper here means escaping from the Germans - some men were still being interned by the French when they reached the ZNO

It may be assumed that airmen with FTR (failed to return) dates were evaders unless otherwise noted

St Valery refers to Saint Valery-en-Caux where the Highland 51st Division were forced to surrender 12 June 1940

Miranda refers to the Spanish concentration camp at Miranda-del-Ebro where so many men were held for varying amounts of time

MMB refers to the Mixed Medical Board in Marseille which passed (sometimes fraudulently) injured servicemen for repatriation

St Hippolyte refers to escapes from the French prison near Nimes where the Allied internees of Detachment W were held from Jan 41 to Mar 42

Fillerin refers Norbert Fillerin and his family of Renty (Pas-de-Calais) who helped escapers and evaders throughout the war

Note that the Organisation is now referred to as the Pat Line or PAO following the arrest of Ian Garrow 10 October 1941

* Sgt Philip Herbert was the first evader recorded as being sheltered by Louis Nouveau in Marseille

Note that the Comete escape line crossed the extreme western Pyrenees and generally delivered their 'parcels' safely to the British Consulate

The last of these men - Sgt Mackenzie RAF - left Gibraltar for England 4 March 42

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3308 700 (B)	Fus Thomas J Sim	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	St Valery - escaped LOM - Comete - Pyrenees Jan 42
3308 701 (G)	A/Sgt Henry K Clayton	RAF - Air Ministry Works	Oflag XIIB (Mainz) July 40 - Pyrenees April 41 - Castillo Montjuic
3308 702 (-)	Capt Richard C F Aston	C M P - TA General List	Evaded in Pas-de-Calais then PAO to Marseille and Pyrenees Jan 42
3308 703 (-)	WO J D McLaren	215 Sqn Wellington DV503	Ditched off Lisbon Mar 42 - rescued by Portuguese boat
3308 704 (-)	Sgt H Smith	215 Sqn Wellington DV503	Ditched off Lisbon Mar 42 - rescued by Portuguese boat
3308 705 (-)	Sgt E H Giersch	215 Sqn Wellington DV503	Ditched off Lisbon Mar 42 - rescued by Portuguese boat
3308 706 (-)	Sgt J M Sabourin	1 PRU Spitfire BP906	Landed near Lisbon Apr 42 - repatriated 5 days later
3308 707 (-)	F/Sgt G A Bowman	FTU	Landed near Caparica, Portugal Apr 42
3308 708 (-)	Sgt C N Pritchard	FTU	Landed near Caparica, Portugal Apr 42
3308 709 (-)	Sgt D M Davis	FTU	Landed near Caparica, Portugal Apr 42
3308 710 (-)	Sgt F K Dennis	FTU	Landed near Caparica, Portugal Apr 42
3308 711 (F)	Major Robert Challoner	Royal Engineers	Escaped Heilag at Rouen Jan 42 - PAO - Pyrenees Mar 42 to BC
3308 712 (-)	F/Sgt Lionel R Willis	9 Sqn Wellington R1244	FTR Jan 41 - St Hippolyte Mar 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Mar 41 - Miranda
3308 713 (-)	Sgt R Vivian	9 Sqn Wellington R1244	FTR Jan 41 - St Hippolyte Mar 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Mar 41 - Miranda
3308 714 (-)	Sgt R W Blaydon	9 Sqn Wellington R1244	FTR Jan 41 - St Hippolyte Mar 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Apr 41 - Miranda
3308 715 (F)	Sgt Victor T M'Farlane	RAF ground-crew with 12 Sqn	Escaped Nantes June 40 - St Hippolyte Mar 41 - PAO - Pyrenees
3308 716 (-)	LAC J Hopkins	RAF ground-crew	Evaded to Spain June 40 - sent back to France - MMB 1941
3308 717 (G)	F/Sgt James A McCairns	616 Sqn Spitfire P8500	FTR July 41 - escaped Stalag IXC Jan 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Mar 42
3308 718 (-)	S/Ldr George F Rodney	3 Gp Trg Flt Wellington W5652 *	Landed on Formentera Apr 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 719 (-)	F/Lt E M Child-Villiers	3 Gp Trg Flt Wellington W5652	Landed on Formentera Apr 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 720 (-)	F/O E I J Bell	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 721 (-)	F/O Mieczyslaw Taras	300 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1271	FTR Nov 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Mar 42 to Barcelona Consulate
3308 722 (-)	P/O W Ladislas Radwanski	300 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1271	FTR Nov 41 - evaded to Switzerland Dec 41 - PAO - Pyrenees Apr 42
3308 723 (-)	Sgt Herbert E Herritey	3 Gp Trg Flt Wellington W5652	Landed on Formentera Apr 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 724 (-)	Sgt Horrocks	3 Gp Trg Flt Wellington W5652	Landed on Formentera Apr 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 725 (-)	Sgt G H Burge	3 Gp Trg Flt Wellington W5652	Landed on Formentera Apr 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 726 (-)	Sgt J Krause	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 727 (-)	Sgt Arnold	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 728 (-)	Sgt Menard	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 729 (-)	Sgt A E Phillips	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 730 (-)	Sgt R Skelton	OADU Wellington Z8722	Ditched off Spain June 41 - interned Spain until Mar 42
3308 731 (-)	Sgt F T J Bryant	105 Sqn Blenheim Z6453	Landed in Spain June 41 - interned - left Gibraltar for the UK May 42
3308 732 (-)	Sgt P M Thompson	105 Sqn Blenheim Z6453	Landed in Spain June 41 - interned - left Gibraltar for the UK May 42
3308 733 (-)	Sgt D R C Philip	105 Sqn Blenheim Z6453	Landed in Spain June 41 - interned - left Gibraltar for the UK May 42
3308 734 (-)	Sgt L F P Harris	1 OADU Wellington Z9098	Shot down and crashed in Portugal Jan 42
3308 735 (-)	Sgt J K Evans	1 OADU Wellington Z9098	Shot down and crashed in Portugal Jan 42
3308 736 (F)	Major Philip H Newman	RAMC	Escaped Heilag at Rouen Feb 42 - PAO - Pyrenees Apr 42 to BC
3308 737 (G)	Cpl F Royston	2 Bn The Buffs	Escaped at Koblenz Sept 40 - St Hippolyte July 41 - Pyrenees
3308 738 (-)	Sgt M J Smithson	215 Sqn Wellington DV503	Ditched off Lisbon Mar 42 - rescued by Portuguese boat - interned
739 (JAP)	S/Sgt R C Jobber	Royal Corps of Signals (16 Div)	see Japanese Reports
3308 740 (-)	Cpl G R Wheeler	2 Commando	Evaded from St Nazaire Mar 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 to BC
3309 741 (N)	W/Cmdr D C T Bennett	10 Sqn Halifax W1041	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden May 42 - interned
3309 742 (N)	Sgt H Walmsley	10 Sqn Halifax W1041	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden May 42 - interned
743 (Greece)	Sub-Lt D F Swithinbank	HMS Orion	Captured at Argos Apr 41 - escaped Corinth May 41 to Turkey Nov 41
3309 744 (-)	Capt W G Gingell	2 Bn East Surrey Regiment	see Japanese Reports
3309 745 (-)	Sgt William H Mills	19 Sqn Spitfire AD551	FTR Mar 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 to Barcelona Consulate
3309 746 (-)	P/O D P MacIntyre	35 Sqn Halifax W1048	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden - interned
3309 747 (-)	P/O Ian Hewitt	35 Sqn Halifax W1048	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden - interned
3309 748 (-)	T/Capt J B Colley	RASC	see Japanese Reports
3309 749 (-)	F/Sgt Lawrence W Carr	102 Sqn Halifax W7653	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - Comete - Pyrenees May 42
3309 750 (-)	Sq Ldr Royce C Wilkinson	174 Sqn Hurricane BE674	FTR May 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42 to Barcelona Consulate
751 (Greece)	Sgt H Dalby	2 York & Lancs Regt	Crete May 41 - escaped Salonika July 41 to Turkey
3309 752 (-)	P/O J P Anstey	15 OTU Wellington	Ditched near Vila do Conde, Portugal May 42 - interned
3309 753 (-)	Sgt I Wallace-Cox	15 OTU Wellington	Ditched near Vila do Conde, Portugal May 42 - interned
3309 754 (-)	F/Sgt D R MacGregor	50 Sqn Beaufort L9826 #	Ditched off Costa da Caparica, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 755 (-)	Sgt J Adams	50 Sqn Beaufort L9826 #	Ditched off Costa da Caparica, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 756 (-)	Sgt E C Boreham	50 Sqn Beaufort L9826 #	Ditched off Costa da Caparica, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 757 (-)	Sgt H A Seth	50 Sqn Beaufort L9826 #	Ditched off Costa da Caparica, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 758 (-)	Sgt D Salisbury	217 Sqn Beaufort AW303 #	Ditched near Ericeira, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 759 (-)	Sgt G F Williams	217 Sqn Beaufort AW303 #	Ditched near Ericeira, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 760 (-)	Sgt E C Eden	217 Sqn Beaufort AW303 #	Ditched near Ericeira, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 761 (-)	Sgt Armstrong	217 Sqn Beaufort AW303 #	Ditched near Ericeira, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 762 (-)	F/Sgt L A Hayward	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 763 (-)	Sgt F Hill	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 764 (-)	Sgt C D Young	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 765 (-)	Sgt T Linton	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 766 (-)	Sgt J W Walsh	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 767 (-)	Sgt V C Wyser	58 Sqn Halifax	Crashed near Cape Santa Maria, Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 768 (-)	Sgt G Ashplant	1 OADU Blenheim BA288	Landed in Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 769 (-)	Sgt W B H Smalley	1 OADU Blenheim BA288	Landed in Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 770 (-)	Sgt H W R Bakewell	1 OADU Blenheim BA288	Landed in Portugal June 42 - interned
3309 771 (-)	P/O Robert M Horsley	106 Sqn Manchester L7301	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 772 (-)	Sgt Leslie H Baveystock	106 Sqn Manchester L7301	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 773 (-)	Sgt Ben W Naylor	106 Sqn Manchester L7301	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 774 (-)	Sgt A McF Mills	106 Sqn Manchester L7301	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 775 (-)	Sgt Stanley E King	106 Sqn Manchester L7301	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 776 (-)	Sgt Andrzej Malecki	300 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1276	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42 to Barcelona
3309 777 (-)	Sgt Edward Polesinski	304 (P) Sqn Wellington W5627	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42 to Barcelona
3309 778 (-)	Sgt Harold E DeMone RCAF	16 OTU Wellington DV763	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 779 (-)	F/O Stanislaw Krawczyk	305 (P) Sqn Wellington Z8599	FTR Stuttgart May 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42 to Barcelona
3309 780 (G)	Dvr William C Bach	RASC	St Valery - Stalag IIID (Steglitz) Oct 41 to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees
3309 781 (G)	Pte David R Edwards	RAOC	Crete - Stalag VIIA (Moosburg) to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3309 782 (G)	Pte David Lang	2/8 Bn 6 Div AIF	Crete - Stalag VIIA (Moosburg) to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees May 42
3309 783 (-)	L/Cpl Richard W Sims	2 Commando (Somerset LI)	Evaded from St Nazaire Mar 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 to BC
3309 784 (-)	Sgt A Edward Siadecki	305 (P) Sqn Wellington Z8599	FTR Stuttgart May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees June 42
3309 785 (-)	Lt E L Rendle	Malay Volunteer Force	see Japanese Reports
3309 786 (-)	F/O Alojzy Szkuta	305 (P) Sqn Wellington Z8599	FTR Stuttgart May 42 - evaded to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees July 42
3309 787 (-)	Sq Ldr Whitney W Straight	242 Sqn Hurricane Z2906	FTR July 41 - Pasteur Hospital June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 788 (-)	F/Sgt K H L Houghton	207 Sqn Manchester L7373	FTR Cologne Oct 41 - evaded to Switzerland - PAO - Pyrenees July 42
789 (Greece)	W/Cmdr Edward A Howell	33 Sqn Commander	Captured Crete May 41 - escaped Salonika Mar 42 to Turkey then Cairo
3309 790 (-)	Sgt T G Johnson	102 Sqn Halifax R9528	FTR Dunkirk Apr 42 - PAO - Operation Bluebottle
3309 791 (-)	Sgt Benjamin F Goldsmith	149 Sqn Stirling W7508	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3309 792 (-)	Sgt Reginald J Collins	15 OTU Wellington W5586	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3309 793 (-)	Sgt William R Griffiths	61 Sqn Lancaster R5613	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3309 794 (-)	Sgt Waczan Czekalski	305 (P) Sqn Wellington Z8599	FTR Stuttgart May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3309 795 (-)	Sgt John Beecroft	101 Sqn Wellington X3472	FTR May 42 - evaded to Switzerland June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 796 (-)	Sgt Henry P Hanwell	101 Sqn Wellington X3472	FTR May 42 - evaded to Switzerland June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 797 (-)	Sgt Stefan Miniakowski	300 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1276	FTR Apr 42 - Pasteur Hospital June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 798 (F)	Pte Charles G Knight	Dorset Regiment	Hazebrouck Aug 40 - Pasteur Hospital June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 799 (B)	L/Cpl Edmond Prady	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	St Valery - Pasteur Hospital June 42 - PAO - Pyrenees July to BC

Escaper here means escaping from the Germans - some men were still being interned by the French when they reached the ZNO

It may be assumed that airmen with FTR (failed to return) dates were evaders unless otherwise noted

Note that some aircrew came down in the French ZNO where the question of escaper or evader from the Germans doesn't apply

St Valery refers to Saint Valery-en-Caux where the Highland 51st Division were forced to surrender 12 June 1940

Miranda refers to the Spanish concentration camp at Miranda-del-Ebro where so many men were held for varying amounts of time

MMB refers to the Mixed Medical Board in Marseille which passed (sometimes fraudulently) injured servicemen for repatriation

St Hippolyte refers to escapes from the French prison near Nimes where the Allied internees of Detachment W were held from Jan 41 to Mar 42

In March 1942 the men of Detachment W were moved from St Hippolyte du Fort to Fort de la Revere - the Pasteur Hospital was the prison hospital

SIS/MI9 Operation Bluebottle - HMS Tarana collected Pat Line escapers from St Pierre Plage near Narbonne the night of 13/14 July 1942

Note that the Comete escape line crossed the extreme western Pyrenees and generally delivered their 'parcels' safely to the British Consulate

* The sixth crewman from Wellington W5652 was Sgt Claude Samuel Hunt who died 30 Apr 41 following a fall at Palma de Mallorca

# Information from Anthony Whitworth

The last of these men - L/Cpl Prady - left Gibraltar for England 24 July 42

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3309 800 (-)	Pte Sydney Fullager	Queens Royal	Evader - Pasteur Hospital June 42 - PAO - Pyrenees July to BC
801 (Italy)	Lt Anthony J Deane-Drummond	Royal Corps of Signals	Escaped PG78 (Sulmona) to Switzerland - PAO - Op Bluebottle
3309 802 (-)	Capt C H Gilbert	Queens Own Royal West Kent	Evader - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Gerona
3309 803 (-)	Brig George R P Roupell	36 Infantry Bde 12 Div	Evader - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Gerona
3309 804 (-)	Dvr Ralph Goldney	RASC	Evader - Pyrenees May 42 (with new wife Andrée) to Barcelona & Lisbon
3310 805 (G)	S/Ldr Brian Paddon	40 Sqn Blenheim L8827	FTR St Valery June 40 - escaped Stalag XXB Thorn June 42 to Sweden
3310 806 (N)	AB C J Dring RN	Gunner aboard SS Romanby	Captured at Narvik Apr 40 - taken to Sweden - repatriated Aug 42
3310 807 (F)	Capt G F Collie	RASC	St Valery - escaped Paris hospital Apr 42 - Pyrenees July 42 to Andorra
3310 808 (-)	F/O S A Tucker	130 OTU	Escaped hospital in Bandoeng to Tjilatjap (Java) Mar 42
3310 809 (-)	F/Sgt Bernard Evans	15 OTU Wellington R1791	FTR Cologne May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 810 (-)	Sgt Joseph A 'Bruneau' Angers	419 Sqn Wellington X3359	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 811 (-)	Sgt Marian Zawodny	301 Sqn Wellington Z1333	FTR Essen Apr 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 812 (-)	F/Sgt W R Taggart	235 Sqn Beaufighter	Crashed near Malaga June 42 - interned at Albacete
3310 813 (-)	Sgt S Sabin	235 Sqn Beaufighter	Crashed near Malaga June 42 - interned at Albacete
3310 814 (-)	S/Ldr Frantisek Fajtl	122 Sqn Spitfire BM210	FTR May 42 - Pyrenees June 42 - Miranda
3310 815 (-)	Sgt William J Norfolk	76 Sqn Halifax W1064	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 816 (-)	Sgt P Wright	76 Sqn Halifax W1064	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 817 (-)	Sgt Joseph T Pack	35 Sqn Halifax W7701	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 818 (-)	P/O J Fusinski	300 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1276	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Miranda
3310 819 (-)	F/O Jan T Wacinski	304 (P) Sqn Wellington W5627	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Miranda
3310 820 (-)	P/O Julien Morawski	304 (P) Sqn Wellington W5627	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Miranda
3310 821 (G)	Pte William MacFarlane	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	Escaped Stalag IXC (Bad Sulza) Mar 42 - Comete - Pyrenees July 42
3310 822 (-)	Cpl E Douglas	2 Commando	St Nazaire Mar 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Miranda
3310 823 (-)	Pte Victor Harding	2 Commando	St Nazaire Mar 42 - PAO - Pyrenees May 42 - Miranda
3310 824 (HK)	Lt (E) H G Thompson RNR	Industrial School, Aberdeen	Captured at Hong Kong Dec 41 - escaped Jan 42 to Sayu Chung (China)
3310 825 (-)	P/O A B Brenner	FTF - No 1 Flight, Lyneham	Landed on the beach at Lavos in Portugal - on parole until repatriated
3310 826 (-)	P/O E I Griffiths	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 827 (-)	P/O H S Wilson	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 828 (-)	P/O Rae Walton	120 Sqn Liberator AM924	Ditched off Norway May 42 - evaded and reached Sweden July 42
3310 829 (F)	Sgt W H Aston	Royal Engineers	Escaped hospital in Paris - Pyrenees July 42 to Andorra and BC
3310 830 (F)	Dvr E Flack	RASC	Escaped hospital in Paris - Pyrenees July 42 to Andorra and BC
3310 831 (-)	P/O Terence J Corkran	120 Sqn Liberator AM924	Ditched off Norway May 42 - evaded and reached Sweden July 42
3310 832 (-)	Sgt Ernest J Booker	120 Sqn Liberator AM924	Ditched off Norway May 42 - evaded and reached Sweden July 42
3310 833 (-)	Sgt John D Pickering	120 Sqn Liberator AM924	Ditched off Norway May 42 - evaded and reached Sweden July 42
3310 834 (-)	P/O Geoff Silva RAAF	24 OTU Whitley BD347	FTR Dusseldorf Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 835 (-)	Sgt A Jim Whicher	24 OTU Whitley BD347	FTR Dusseldorf Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 836 (-)	Sgt A R Evans	102 Sqn Halifax R9528	FTR Dunkirk Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 837 (-)	F/Sgt John A Maclean RCAF	405 Sqn Halifax W7708	FTR Essen June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 838 (-)	Sgt Jack E Misseldine	611 Sqn Spitfire BM303	FTR June 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle II
3310 839 (-)	P/O Derrick J Perdue	12 Sqn Wellington W5395	FTR Le Havre Apr 42 - PAO - Op Bluebottle II
3310 840 (G)	Pte James M L Goldie	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	Escaped Stalag IXC (Bad Sulza) Mar 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 841 (-)	P/O A M Leigh	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 842 (-)	P/O L R Smith	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 843 (-)	P/O E E Wright	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 844 (-)	P/O K A W Morris	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 845 (-)	P/O E J Scott	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 846 (-)	Sgt T R H Smith	1 OADU Wellington HD967	Landed Portugese island of Santa Lucia Aug 42 - interned
3310 847 (-)	Sgt J Howard	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 848 (-)	Sgt C Hall	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 849 (-)	Sgt G T Kennington	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 850 (-)	Sgt J Stuart	1443 Sqn FTF Wellington Z9026	Landed Cintra Airport Aug 42 - interned in Portugal
3310 851 (-)	Sgt F Newmarch	FTF - No 1 Flight, Lyneham	Landed on the beach at Lavos in Portugal - on parole until repatriated
3310 852 (-)	Sgt E A Vautier	FTF - No 1 Flight, Lyneham	Landed on the beach at Lavos in Portugal - on parole until repatriated
3310 853 (-)	Sgt P W M Wright	FTF - No 1 Flight, Lyneham	Landed on the beach at Lavos in Portugal - on parole until repatriated
3310 854 (H)	Sgt John T Bennett	35 Sqn Halifax W1147	FTR Duisburg June 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 855 (-)	Sgt J Bruce R Black	24 OTU Whitley BD347	FTR Dusseldorf Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 856 (-)	Sgt Frederick A Barker	102 Sqn Halifax R9528	FTR Apr 42 - evaded to Switzerland May 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42
3310 857 (-)	Sgt William R Orndorff	419 Sqn Wellington X3712	FTR Saarbrucken July 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 858 (-)	Sgt Ronald E Pearce RAAF	405 Sqn Halifax W7718	FTR Dusseldorf Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Aug 42
3310 859 (-)	Sgt Boleslaw Wozniak PAF	304 (P) Sqn Wellington W5627	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42
3310 860 (-)	P/O D J Evans	144 Sqn Hampden	Crashed Sareks National Park in Sweden Sept 42 - interned
3310 861 (-)	Cpl B J Sowerby	144 Sqn Hampden	Crashed Sareks National Park in Sweden Sept 42 - interned
3310 862 (-)	F/Sgt J Colgan	10 Sqn Halifax W1041	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden
3310 863 (-)	Sgt Stan R J Ainger	49 Sqn Hampden AT156	FTR Cologne Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42
3310 864 (-)	Sq Ldr Harold A Outram	138 SD Whitley Z9232	FTR SOE mission to France Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 865 (G)	Sgt John Prendergast	1 Bn The Welch Reg	Crete May 41 - Stalag IIID/700 Apr 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42
3310 866 (N)	Sgt C R S Forbes	10 Sqn Halifax W1041	FTR Tirpitz Apr 42 - evaded Norway to Sweden May 42 - interned
3310 867 (-)	F/O Ralf van den Bok	408 Sqn Hampden AE197	FTR Saarbrucken Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 868 (-)	F/Lt Edgar A Costello-Bowen	105 Sqn Mosquito DK297	FTR Brauweiler Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 869 (-)	Sgt Jack E Cope	115 Sqn Wellington X3675	FTR Nuremburg Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 870 (-)	Sgt Anton Wasiak	301 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1491	FTR Saarbrucken Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 871 (-)	P/O Joseph Tyszko	301 (P) Sqn Wellington Z1491	FTR Saarbrucken Aug 42 - Pyrenees Sept 42 to San Sebastian
3310 872 (F)	F/Lt Frederick W Higginson	245 Sqn Hurricane Z2575	FTR June 41 - escaper - Fort de la Revere Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 873 (-)	Sgt E D W Davis	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 874 (-)	Sgt D A Jones	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 875 (-)	Sgt D P P Hurst	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 876 (-)	Sgt J Vaughan	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 877 (-)	Sgt T A Berwick	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 878 (-)	Sgt D S Aird	10 OTU Whitley Z6645	Ditched in the Atlantic Aug 42 - picked up by Spanish trawler - interned
3310 879 (-)	F/O Brian L G Hawkins	245 Sqn Hurricane Z3470	FTR Oct 41 - Fort de la Revere Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 880 (-)	P/O Leslie Wilson	138 SD Whitley Z9232	FTR SOE mission to France Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 881 (-)	F/Lt Henry Holliday	138 SD Whitley Z9232	FTR SOE mission to France Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 882 (-)	P/O R E W Wood	138 SD Whitley Z9232	FTR SOE mission to France Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 883 (-)	Sgt Gilbert T Foster	138 SD Whitley Z9232	FTR SOE mission to France Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 884 (F)	Pte Conrad Lafleur	Fusiliers Mont Royal - Canada	Escaped after Dieppe Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 885 (F)	Pte Robert Vanier	Fusiliers Mont Royal - Canada	Escaped after Dieppe Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 886 (F)	Pte Guy Joly	Fusiliers Mont Royal - Canada	Escaped after Dieppe Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 887 (-)	F/Lt M G Barnett RNZAF	485 (NZ) Sqn Spitfire BL699	FTR May 42 - Fort de la Revere Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 888 (-)	P/O Kazimierz Rowicki	305 (P) Sqn Wellington Z8599	FTR Stuttgart May 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 889 (-)	F/Lt Gordon C Fisher RCAF	408 Sqn Hampden AE197	FTR Saarbrucken Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 890 (-)	Sgt Stanley F Brown RNZAF	485 (NZ) Sqn Spitfire BM383	FTR May 42 - Fort de la Revere Sept 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 891 (G)	Sgt Derrick D W Nabarro	10 Sqn Whitley Z6561	FTR June 41 - Stalag IXC Nov 41 - Fort de la Revere Aug 42 - Op Titania
3310 892 (-)	Sgt Ellis R Charman	174 Sqn Hurricane BP768	FTR July 42 - Fillerin - PAO - Op Titania
3310 893 (-)	Sgt Robert W A Saxton	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - Fort de la Revere Sept 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 894 (-)	Sgt Henry T Hickton	101 Sqn Wellington R1699	FTR Turin Sept 41 - Fort de la Revere Aug 42 - PAO - Op Titania
3310 895 (-)	Sgt Albert L Wright	61 Sqn Manchester R5787	FTR Brest Jan 42 - PAO - Pyrenees June 42 - Miranda
3310 896 (-)	F/O Ivan H Davies RAAF	158 Sqn Halifax W7750	FTR Duisburg Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 897 (-)	W/O T J Broom	105 Sqn Mosquito DK297	FTR Brauweiler Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 898 (-)	F/Lt Jeffery P M Haydon RAAF	158 Sqn Halifax W7750	FTR Duisburg Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42
3310 899 (-)	Sgt Cedric C Fox	158 Sqn Halifax W7750	FTR Duisburg Aug 42 - Comete - Pyrenees Sept 42

Escaper here means escaping from the Germans - some men were still being interned by the French when they reached the ZNO

It may be assumed that airmen with FTR (failed to return) dates were evaders unless otherwise noted

Note that some aircrew came down in the French ZNO where the question of escaper or evader from the Germans doesn't apply

Miranda refers to the Spanish concentration camp at Miranda-del-Ebro where so many men were held for varying amounts of time

Fort de la Revere refers to escapes from the French prison near Monaco where the Allied internees of Detachment W were held from Mar 42 to Sept 42

Fillerin refers Norbert Fillerin and his family of Renty (Pas-de-Calais) who helped escapers and evaders throughout the war

SIS/MI9 Operation Bluebottle II - HMS Tarana collected Pat Line escapers from St Pierre Plage near Narbonne the night of 15/16 Aug 1942

SIS/MI9 Operation Titania - Seawolf collected Pat Line escapers from Canet Plage near Perpignan the night of 21/22 Sept 42

Note that the Comete escape line crossed the extreme western Pyrenees and generally delivered their 'parcels' safely to the British Consulate

The last of these men - Sgt Fox RAF - left Gibraltar for England 30 Sept 42

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Escaper here means escaping from the Germans - some men were still being interned by the French when they reached the ZNO

It may be assumed that airmen with FTR (failed to return) dates were evaders unless otherwise noted

Miranda refers to the Spanish concentration camp at Miranda-del-Ebro where so many men were held for varying amounts of time

Fort de la Revere refers to escapes from the French prison near Monaco where the Allied internees of Detachment W were held from Mar 42 to Sept 42

Fort de la Duchere refers to the French prison near Lyons where the officers (and Pte Watson) of Detachment W were moved in Aug 42

Polish Operation Nectarine - Seawolf collected Polish (and three British) evaders from the Calanque de Sormiou near Marseille 19/20 Sept 42

SIS/MI9 Operation Titania - Seawolf collected Pat Line evaders from Canet Plage near Perpignan the night of 21/22 Sept 42

SIS/MI9 Operation Rosalind - Seawolf collected Pat Line evaders from Canet Plage near Perpignan the night of 11/12 Oct 42

Laghouat refers to the infamous French internment camp in Algeria - prisoners were only released after the Operation Torch landings in Nov 42

Note that the Comete escape line crossed the extreme western Pyrenees and generally delivered their 'parcels' safely to the British Consulate

Francoise refers to Marie-Louis 'Françoise' Dissard of Toulouse who continued the work of the PAO from March 1943 until the end of the war

(1) After capture, Michael Joyce was recruited by the German Abwehr - he left Kaisersesch to infiltrate a Belgian escape line - and escaped

The last of these men - L/Cpl Davies - arrived Gourock from Gibraltar 22 Nov 1942