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    • “Adjutants Call” by Paul E. Kenney
    • “Code Burgundy: The Long Escape” by John Katsaros)
    • “Hide-And-Seek With the German Army”
    • “In the Shadow of the Swastika” by Hendrik van Remmerden
    • “The Long Return” by Bob Porter
    • “The Road Home” by Anne Jacobson Robertson
    • “The World War II Years of Marguerite” by Marguerite Fraser née Brouard
    • “They Helped Me Escape” by Clayton David
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    • Requests for Research Help
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  • AFEES Escape and Evasion Speech 2019 Reunion
  • AFEES EVADE! dvd; Interviews
  • AFEES History
  • AFEES In Memoriam/Obituaries
    • Airmen and Other Evaders
      • Armstrong, Rev. James Edwin
      • Babcock, Lawrence W.
      • Baldwin, Vernon L., Jr.
      • Berger, Marvin
      • Blood, Arlie James
      • Boornazian, James G.
      • Borst, Robert G.
      • Burley, Edward A.
      • Call, Glen Sterling
      • Chichester, Stanley
      • Cobb, Neal T.
      • Cook, Jetty R.
      • Coss, Wesley
      • Elisco, Morris
      • Fassoulis, Satiris “Sonny”
      • Fenn, Forrest
      • Fisher, Charles A.
      • Gerritz, Frederick A.
      • Gillett, Roland
      • Halliburton, Edward W.
      • Hatch, Lewis M.
      • Heafner, H.L., Jr.
      • Hix, James Henry, Jr.
      • Holwegner, Roland Lewis
      • Hooper, Odell
      • Hyson, G. Gerald
      • Jones, Harley M.
      • Karnezis, Demetrios “Jim”
      • Katsaros, John
      • Kaufman, Hector A.
      • Kaveney, Frederick T.
      • Kelley, Ernest Robert (Bob)
      • Martin, Clyde J.
      • Medina, Sr., Francis Xavier
      • Moen, Milton
      • Munsen, Richard Stanley
      • Patton, Ralph K.
      • Powell, James Wallace
      • Provonsha, William “Bill”
      • Screws, Charles
      • Sherk, Raymond (Ray) John Frederick
      • Smith, Richard “Dick” Mansfield
      • Stepnitz, Stanley E.
      • Sweatt, Robert Houston
      • Vasquez, John
      • Yankus, Thomas “Tom” Lawrence, Sr.
      • Yeager, Charles (“Chuck”) Elwood
      • Zeeman, Rudy
    • Helpers
      • Belgium
        • DeGreef, Jeanine
        • Dumon-Ugeux, Michou (Aline or Micheline)
        • Grandjean, Jacques
        • Hanotte, Henriette (“Monique”)
        • Maréchal, Elsie
        • Puglis, Olga M.
      • China
        • Liu, Tung-Sheng
      • France
        • Dassie, Jean
        • Folliot, Roger
        • Frisque, Agnes
        • Selas, Adrienne
      • Germany
        • Loens, Curt
      • Netherlands
        • Folmer, Joke
        • Lelivelt, Mia
        • Vrij, Jacques
    • Friends
      • David, Lenora M. “Scotty”
      • DelGuidice, Alberta
      • Forrester, Cynthia
  • AFEES Member Stories Database
  • AFEES Membership – How to Join
    • AFEES Membership Application
  • AFEES Membership Lists
    • AFEES Membership Directories
    • AFEES Membership List of 1993
    • AFEES Membership List of 2006
  • AFEES Memorabilia Cherished in France
  • AFEES News Reports
  • AFEES Newsletter Archive
    • Index to Newsletters
      • Index to Evaders & POWs, A-L
      • Index to Evaders and POWs, M-Z
      • Index to Helpers
      • Index to Place Names
      • Index to Other Subjects
  • AFEES Newsletter Submissions
  • AFEES Officers
  • AFEES Past Reunions
    • List of Past Reunions
    • Photos and Videos of Past Reunions
    • Why Reunions Matter
  • AFEES T-Shirts for Sale
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  • AFEES Website
    • Website Annual Progress Report
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    • Test Page
  • Aviation Art
  • B-17 “All American”
  • B-17, B-24, Lancaster WWII Footage
  • B-24 Liberator, Loved and Loathed
  • BBC in WWII
  • Behind the Wire – Allied Airmen in Captivity in Germany
    • The Cooler King
  • Code-Breaking, Cryptanalysis
  • Commemorative Organizations
    • Caterpillar Club
    • History of the Winged Boot
  • Conditions in Nazi-Occupied Europe
    • Belgian Humor Under the German Heel
    • Blackout Regulations
    • Fortress Flying
    • Nazi Warning to Helpers of Airmen
  • Eighth Air Force
    • Eighth Air Force Bomb Groups and Fighter Groups
  • Equipment Used by Evading Airmen
    • Escape Aids
    • False ID Used by Airmen and Helpers
    • Lessons in Escape and Evasion
    • Memphis Belle
    • Parachutes in WWII
    • Photos of B-17 and B-24
  • Escape and Evasion Books
  • Escape and Evasion from Yugoslavia
    • “‘George’ Was Busy Helping Airmen”
    • “Chetniks Help Pilot Fly Again”
    • “Downed in Yugoslavia”
    • “OSS Captain Remembers the General”
    • “Serbian Rescuers Aided U.S. Crews”
    • “WWII Veterans Honor Croatian”
    • A Dream Comes True for Joe Maloney
    • Joe Puts Together His Story
    • Operation Halyard
    • “I Was There” (Slovenia)
    • “Zvonko” Led Halyard Mission
    • A 1995 Return to Serbia
    • Charles L. Davis
  • Escape and Evasion Museums and Tours
    • Escape and Evasion Exhibits
  • Escape and Evasion Research
    • Air Force Academy Library Holdings
    • December 31, 1943, Bombing Mission, Southwest France
    • Dit is Mijn Vader!
    • Eighth Air Force
      • Eighth Air Force in WWII
      • Eighth Air Force Historical Society
      • National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
      • A Tour of the Eighth Air Force Control Tower
    • Escape and Evasion Air War Symposium
    • Escape and Evasion Articles
      • ‘Evader’ Author Recalls Days of World War II
      • “Escape Artists”
      • “Friends & Allies”
      • “From American Airman to Polish Infantryman”
      • “House of Alphonse”, Operation Bonaparte
      • Mission Number Thirty-Three
      • “Saludo a la Bandera”
      • “Shot Down”
      • “Unique Group of Survivors”
      • “WWII Soldiers Get Chance to Thank Rescuers”
    • Escape and Evasion Reports at the National Archives
    • Escape and Evasion Reports – Samples from the National Archives
    • Escape and Evasion Websites
    • Escape Route Maps
    • France: Maps of Occupied Zones
    • National Archives Focusing on WWII
    • National Personnel Records Center Fire
    • Phantom Train (Nazi Ghost Train)
    • POW Camps in WWII
    • Requesting Official Military Personnel Files & Other Sources
    • U.S. Airfields in the U.K.
    • War Graves
    • WWII Veterans’ Oral Histories
  • Escape and Evasion via Gibraltar
  • Escape and Evasion Via Switzerland
    • Books About Escape and Evasion Via Switzerland
  • Escape and Evasion WWII Movies & Documentaries
  • Escape from the Japanese
  • Escape Lines
    • Aristides de Sousa Mendes
    • Bleu et Jonquille (Blue and Pale Yellow) Escape Line
    • Burgundy (Bourgogne) Line
    • Chauny Escape Line
    • Comet Line
    • Donald Caskie, The Tartan Pimpernel
    • Dutch-Paris Line
    • French Escape Lines List
    • Groupe Hoornaert-Dirix
    • Luctor et Emergo/Fiat Libertas
    • Marie-Claire Line
    • MI9/IS9 and MIS-X
    • Miscellaneous Escape Lines
    • MNB (Belgian National Movement/Mouvement National Belge)
    • Operation Marathon/Freteval Forest
    • PAT (Pat O’Leary) Line
    • Possum Line
    • Service EVA
    • Shelburn (Shelbourne) Line
    • Smit-van der Heijden Line
    • Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee
    • Hornoy le Boourg and Amiens
  • Escape Lines Memorial Society (ELMS)
  • Evaders and Oranges, the Seville Escape Route
  • Humor and Air Force Band Concerts
    • Armed Services Humor
    • U.S. Air Force Band Concerts
  • Medal of Honor Recipients
  • Memoirs from WWII
    • “A B-17 CREW & HUNGARIAN HOSPITALITY – START OF A LASTING FRIENDSHIP”
    • “A Jewish New Yorker’s War Against Hitler”
    • “A Trip Back in Time” by Col. Frank Alfter (Ret.)
    • “A Young Boy and the ‘Good’ War” by Edouard Reniere
    • “Bailout Over France and the Journey Home” by Jack W. Stead
    • “Colditz in Close-Up” by Robin Charteris
    • “Escape Over the Pyrenees” by Catherine Ramognino Thorpe
    • “Eugene J. Bullard, Hero of Two World Wars”
    • “In the Footsteps of Bud Owens”
    • “Military Transport” by Joe Owens
    • 1st Lt Alfred M.L. Sanders’ Story
    • A Small Mistake – Large Effects
    • Charlotte Ambach Interview
      • Airmen Helped by Charlotte Ambach
      • Embroideries and Handicrafts Made by Prisoners Awaiting Execution
      • Decorations and Awards Received by Charlotte Ambach
    • Evasion of Lt. Russel Weyland; Memoirs of Helper Maurice Costa
    • Helene Gill, A Soldier Without Uniform
    • Mission 13: A Downed Pilot’s Escape from France
    • Three Die, Four Taken Prisoner, One Evades on 303rd’s Final Raid
    • Evade! The Ralph Patton Story
    • “Mission to Bucharest: Overdue on Return”
    • “POW and Escape” by William W. Provonsha
    • “Joel McPherson’s Wild Ride” by Bill Yenne
    • Last Mission: Bailout and Rescue in Luxembourg
    • Why I Never Spoke of the War
    • Flight to Freedom–The Story of How Two POWs, Bill Magrath and Oliver James, Escaped in 1941
    • Worry Aboard “Ole Worrybird”
    • Tom Got to Freedom, the Hard Way
    • “‘You Are Supposed to Be Dead'”, The Amazing Story Behind Bill McGinley’s Purple Heart”
    • The American Pilot Who Escaped a Nazi POW Camp in a Folke-Wolff
    • The True Story of the Great Escape of Lt. General Albert P. Clark
  • RCAF, RAF, RAAF
    • Canadian Evaders
    • Canadian Members & Friends
    • Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in WWII
    • Canadian Helpers of Evaders
    • Sources on RAF, RCAF, RAAF Evasion
  • Recognition for WWII Service
    • AFEES Congressional Gold Medal
      • Congressional Supporters of U.S. Air Forces Escape & Evasion Act
    • OSS Congressional Gold Medal Act
  • Restoration of WWII Aircraft
  • Reunions and Memorials
    • AFEES Flag at WWII Commemorations
    • AFEES Operation Home Run
    • Helper/Airman Reunions
    • Memorials to Allied Airmen in WWII
    • Memorials to and Citations of Comete Line Helpers
    • Newsletters by Other E&E Organizations
  • Traitors, Betrayers, Collaborators
  • War Graves
  • “To Holland” by Roy Carter (RCAF) and Other Poems

AFEES In Memoriam/Obituaries

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Note that the separate indexes to obituaries of the airmen and their helpers have been merged with the respective indexes of all evaders and their helpers.  The indexes are as follows:

  • https://airforceescape.org/newsletters/index-to-newsletters/index-to-airmen/
  • https://airforceescape.org/newsletters/index-to-newsletters/index-to-helpers/

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