The Shelburne escape line
Subtitle: secret rescues of allied aviators by the French underground, the British Royal Navy and London's MI-9
By: Reanne Hemingway-Douglass [and] Don Douglass
Contributors: Douglass, Don, 1932- author
Publisher: Cave Art Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Anacortes, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781934199053
Subjects: Comet Line; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Underground movements; World War, 1939-1945; Beligum
Description: "The only Underground escape line that successfully evaded infiltration by the Gestapo was the Shelburne Line. Allied airmen, rescued after being shot down, were taken to Paris by Resistance members where - after intense interrogation - they received new names, identity cards, clothing, training, and special passes for the forbidden coastal zone in Brittany. They were hidden in "safe house" attics of loyal local farmers, waiting until a moonless night for evacuation to England via the Royal Navy's high-speed Motor Gun Boat 503"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes glossary, pages 187-188.

Includes bibliography, pages 189-196.
Table of contents: title: Part One; title: The Shelburne Escape, Part Two; title: Further Accounts.