I've just heard that the sad news that
Aline Dumon, aka "Michou" or "Lily", died at midday today at her home near Uzès in Provence. She was 96. She received the George Medal from the King after the war for her work with the Comet Line.
We had lunch together in Provence 3 years ago and it was clear that she had a streak of determination a mile wide running through her - after all these years.
She loved her 'boys' of the RAF and the USAAF that she led through France and over the Pyrenees (in all weathers) into Spain - and, typical of her modesty, she thought that
they were the real heroes, not people like her. She personified the greatest generation.. a life well lived.
RIP Michou.
Here are the two sisters - Andrée (17) and "Michou" (19) - photographed during the war. Both were active in Comet - Andrée was arrested and spent 2 years in Ravensbrück and Mauthausen.