Off Thread, but...
For more info on the Swiss connection, read "Winged Diplomat" by P R Reid. Not only did Capt Freddie West gain the RAF's first VC of WW1 flying with with 8 Sqn during the Amien Offensive in Aug 1918, but he was also the Air Attache to Switzerland from where he organised the aircrew evader/POW escape routes as an Air Commodore during WW2. All done with only one leg! (He lost his other leg halfway through earning his VC).