sidevalve:-
Martin den Kinderen told me (after I met him again after the war); that during my interrogation at pistol point, the general opinion was that I should be taken outside and shot. I was in civilian clothes with no identity discs, and could not immediately prove myself.
How ironic if that general opinion had been acted upon! Such are the hazards of war, where friends can be mistaken for the enemy, and vice versa. Certainly the enemy would not have hesitated in taking such action. George obviously possessed that vital attribute for survival in such a very dangerous environment, he was lucky!
The enormous risks that those who sheltered him and shepherded him across occupied Europe cannot be doubted. Real courage and devotion to duty! War brings out the best and the worst in mankind.
Please keep it coming sidevalve.
Geriaviator, you obviously had the journalistic skill at a tender age that blossomed into the amusing raconteur as witnessed by this thread. Hurrah indeed!