True Patriotism
It was in late ’43 or early ’44 that a Hudson aircraft of the RAF, operating on behalf of SOE, landed at a secret rendezvous in France. Unfortunately it became bogged down as it turned ready for take-off requiring a team of horses to free it.
This involved a much longer stay on the ground than the few minutes considered advisable in order to put down up to 10 agents and pick up others who had completed their missions or were on the run from the Gestapo. Following a worrying time for the passengers knowing that the enemy might have detected them, the aircraft returned to base without further incident.
At this time flying with one of the squadrons was a Squadron Leader Navigator of very aristocratic appearance and believed to be from a very influential French family. He was most certainly above normal aircrew age.
The following day the story went round the base that this officer had been seen underneath the aircraft scraping French mud from the tail wheel.
Such was the regard that many Frenchmen had for their country – True Patriots
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