3.
T. D. Calnan, Free as a Running Fox, Macdonald, 1970, 221.
4.
Aidan Crawley, Leap Before You Look, William Collins, 1988, 181.
5.
Henry Probert, Introduction to Aidan Crawley, Escape from Germany: The Methods of Escape Used by RAF Airmen During the Second World War, HMSO, 1985, ix.
6.
Ash and Foley, 229.
7.
Patrick Barthropp, Paddy: The Life and Times of Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp, DFC, AFC, Howard Baker, 1990, 59.
8.
Ibid. 60.
9.
Calnan, 230.
10.
Kee, 178.
11.
Probert, x.
12.
TNA AIR 40/1908.
13.
Ibid.
14.
Ibid.
CHAPTER 11
1.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 244.
2.
Ibid. 253.
3.
T. D. Calnan, Free as a Running Fox, Macdonald, 1970, 236.
4.
Ibid. 237.
5.
William Ash, A Red Square: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Revolutionary, Howard Baker, 1978, 30.
6.
Ash and Foley, 256.
7.
Ibid. 261–2.
CHAPTER 12
1.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 267.
2.
Aidan Crawley, Escape from Germany: The Methods of Escape Used by RAF Airmen During the Second World War, HMSO, 1985, 197.
3.
Ibid. 198.
4.
Ash and Foley, 270.
5.
TNA AIR 40/2449.
6.
Ash and Foley, 280.
7.
TNA AIR 40/2449.
8.
Ash and Foley, 279.
9.
Ibid. 282.
10.
TNA AIR 40/229.
11.
Crawley, 90.
12.
Ash and Foley, 283.
13.
Crawley, 93.
14.
Ash and Foley, 285.
15.
TNA AIR 40/229.
16.
Ash and Foley, 286.
17.
Ibid. 287.
18.
TNA AIR 40/229.
CHAPTER 13
1.
William Ash, A Red Square: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Revolutionary, Howard Baker, 1978, 135.
2.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 294.
3.
Ash and Foley, 288.
4.
Ibid. 297.
5.
Ibid. 298–99.
6.
Ibid. 301.
7.
Ibid. 303.
8.
Ibid. 304.
9.
Ash, 139.
10.
TNA WO 208/3338/703.
11.
Ash and Foley, 307.
12.
Ash, 145.
13.
Ash and Foley, 313.
14.
Ash, 141.
15.
Ash and Foley, 316–20.
16.
TNA AIR 40/2449, for all details of Grimson’s escape and subsequent activities.
17.
Ibid.
18.
Richard Passmore, Moving Tent, Pitman Press, 1982, 119.
19.
Ash and Foley, 331.
CHAPTER 14
1.
John Nichol and Tony Rennell, The Last Escape, Viking, 2002, 15.
2.
Aidan Crawley, Escape from Germany: The Methods of Escape Used by RAF Airmen During the Second World War, HMSO, 1985, 304.
3.
Ibid. 304.
4.
Robert Kee, A Crowd Is Not Company, Jonathan Cape, 1982, 193.
5.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 345.
6.
Crawley, 305.
7.
Ibid. 306.
8.
Ash and Foley, 347.
9.
Crawley, 307.
10.
Kee, 206.
11.
Crawley, 314.
12.
Kee, 207.
13.
Crawley, 309.
14.
Ash and Foley, 350.
15.
Crawley, 310.
16.
Ash and Foley, 353.
17.
Crawley, 315.
18.
Ash and Foley, 358.
19.
Ibid. 361.
CHAPTER 15
1.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 364.
2.
TNA WO 208/3338/703.
3.
Captain the Earl Of Rosse and Colonel E. R. Hill, The Story of the Guards Armoured Division, Geoffrey Bles, 1956, 269.
4.
Ibid. 273.
5.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlag_und_Milag_Nord.
6.
Ash and Foley, 364.
7.
Rosse and Hill, 275.
8.
David Erskine, The Scots Guards, 1919–1955, William Clowes and Sons, 457.
9.
Ash and Foley, 365.
10.
Ibid. 366.
11.
Ibid. 367.
12.
Erskine, 458.
EPILOGUE
1.
William Ash, A Red Square: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Revolutionary, Howard Baker, 1978, 153.
2.
Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, interview with William ‘Tex’ Ash, 12 May 1988, 10202.
3.
Brendan Foley, Daily Telegraph, ‘William Ash’, obituary, 30 April 2014.
4.
Interview with Betty Barthropp, July 2014.
5.
Pauline’s account of her encounter with Bill and subsequent events differs in several respects from Bill’s recollections. For further details see www.resistance62.net
6.
TNA WO 208/3338/703.
7.
William Ash with Brendan Foley, Under The Wire, Bantam, 2006, 125.
8.
Ibid. 376.
9.
Ibid. 377.
10.
Conversation with author.
11.
Ibid. 331.
12.
Ibid. 381.
INDEX
Air Council
‘Responsibilities of a Prisoner of War: Instructions and Guidance for All Ranks in the Event of Capture by the Enemy, The’ (1936), ref1
Air Sea Rescue Services ref1
Alexander, Warrant Officer R.J. ‘Jock’
head of Tally-Ho Club ref1, ref1
Allied Forces ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
von Arnim, General Hans-Jürgen ref1
Artnum ref1
Ash, Adele ref1
Ash, Flying Officer William ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38
A Red Square ref1
as Don Fair ref1, ref2, ref3
background of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
capture and interrogation of (1942) ref1, ref2
Choice of Arms (1962) ref1
death of (2014) ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15,
ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20
capture during ref1, ref2, ref3
family of ref1, ref2
Happy in Ulubrae ref1
imprisonment at Dulag Luft ref1
imprisonment at Oflag XXIB ref1, ref2, ref3
later life of ref1
Longest Way Round, The ref1
Lotus in the Sky, The (1961) ref1
shot down (1942) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
time in the cooler ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
training of ref1
Under the Wire (2005) ref1
Ash, Francis ref1
Ash, Juliet ref1, ref2
Ash (née Porterfield), Margaret ref1
Ash Snr, William ref1
Asselin, Eddie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
background of ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
capture during ref1
Austria ref1
Innsbruck ref1
Auxiliary Air Force ref1
Avro Lancaster ref1
Bader, Douglas ref1, ref2
background of ref1
imprisonment at Colditz Castle ref1
Barber, Tony
background of ref1
Chancellor of the Exchequer ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2
capture during ref1
Barry, Flight Lieutenant L.B. ref1
Barthropp, Elton Peter Maxwell D’Arley ref1
Barthropp, Patrick (‘Paddy’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
background of ref1, ref2
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
capture during ref1
family of ref1
Belgium ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung ref1
Best, Flight Lieutenant Jack ref1, ref2, ref3
background of ref1
Binder, Major ref1
Blakeslee, Don ref1
Blatchford, Wing Commander Derek ‘Cowboy’ ref1
Blond Beast ref1
von Bodecker, Oberstleutnant ref1
Boulanger, Julien ref1
Boulanger, Marthe ref1, ref2
Brickhill, Paul ref1
Bristol Beaufort ref1
Bristol Blenheim ref1
pilots of ref1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
External Services ref1
British Communist Party ref1
British Empire ref1
Bryks, Josef ref1, ref2
capture of ref1
Buckley, Lieutenant Commander Jimmy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
background of ref1
disappearance of ref1, ref2
escape efforts of ref1, ref2
transfer to Oflag XXIB (1942) ref1
Bulgaria
German entry into (1941) ref1
Sofia ref1
Burgess, Anthony ref1
Bushell, Squadron Leader Roger ref1, ref2
escape efforts of ref1, ref2
Calnan, Tommy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
as Tomasso Calabresi ref1
capture of ref1
crash off Normandy coast (1941) ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
capture during ref1
Cambridge University
Trinity College ref1
Canada ref1, ref2
Kingston ref1
Montreal ref1
Ontario
Windsor ref1
Quebec ref1
Toronto ref1, ref2
capitalism ref1, ref2, ref3
free-market ref1
Catholicism ref1, ref2
Catley, Jack ref1
Černý, Flight Lieutenant Otakar
escape efforts of ref1
Chamberlain, Neville ref1
Chetniks ref1, ref2
Churchill, Winston ref1, ref2, ref3
Codner, Lieutenant Michael ref1
escape efforts of ref1
Colditz Castle ref1, ref2, ref3
Coles, Harry ref1
Commonwealth ref1, ref2, ref3
communism ref1, ref2
Conservative Party ref1
Craig, Squadron Leader Dudley ref1
escape efforts of ref1
capture during ref1
Crawley, Aidan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
background of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
capture of ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
capture during ref1
intelligence gathering activities of ref1
later life of ref1
writings of ref1
Cross, Ian ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2
Day, Wing Commander Harry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
background of ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
transfer to Oflag XXIB (1942) ref1
Deans, Warrant Officer James ‘Dixie’ ref1
background of ref1
Denmark ref1, ref2
Bornholm ref1
Copenhagen ref1
DH.98 Mosquito ref1
Dodge, John Bigelow ref1
escape efforts of ref1
capture during ref1
Dostoevsky, Fyodor ref1
Dulag Luft ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
key personnel of ref1, ref2
Edge, Dickie ref1
escape efforts of ref1, ref2
Edwards, Flight Lieutenant Robert ref1, ref2
Elbe, River ref1
Elizabeth, Queen ref1
Elliot, Walter
background of ref1
escape committees ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
Fair, Flight Lieutenant Donald ref1
death of ref1
escape efforts of ref1
Fairey Battles ref1
Fanshawe, Lieutenant Commander Peter ref1
fascism ref1, ref2
First World War (1914–18) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Armistice (1918) ref1
Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16) ref1
imprisonment of British aviators during ref1
Treaty of Versailles (1919) ref1, ref2, ref3
Western Front ref1
Flockhart, Sergeant Cyril
escape efforts of ref1
Flynn, Paddy ref1
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ref1
France ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Boulogne ref1
Calais ref1, ref2
Cap Gris Nez ref1
Dunkirk ref1, ref2, ref3
Normandy ref1
Paris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Pas-de-Calais ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Neuville ref1
Vielle-Église ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Saint-Omer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Galland, Adolf ref1
de Gaulle, General Charles ref1
Geneva Convention (1929) ref1, ref2, ref3
provisions of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
breaches of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
George VI, King ref1, ref2
Germany ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Aachen ref1
Barth ref1
Berlin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Bremen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Cologne ref1, ref2, ref3
Essen ref1, ref2
Frankfurt ref1
Hamburg ref1, ref2
Hanover ref1
Heydekurg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, re
f5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Kirchtimke ref1
Lübeck ref1
Memel ref1
Munich ref1
Muskau ref1
North-Rhine Westphalia ref1
Nuremburg ref1, ref2
Sagan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Spremberg ref1
Steinau ref1
Stendal ref1
Tamstedt ref1
Tilsit ref1
Warburg ref1, ref2, ref3
Wuppertal ref1
Gibraltar ref1
Gillet, Giselle ref1, ref2
Gillet, Joseph ref1, ref2
Glemnitz, Oberfeldwebel Hermann ref1, ref2, ref3
Goebbels, Josef ref1
Goldfinch, Flight Lieutenant Bill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
background of ref1
Göring, Hermann ref1, ref2
Great Depression ref1, ref2
Great Escape ref1
capture and killing of key members of ref1
Greece ref1
Kalamata ref1
Grimson, George ref1
Guerisse, Albert (Pat O’Leary)
founder of Pat Line ref1
Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ ref1
Chief of Bomber Command ref1
Heinz ref1
Hess, Myra ref1
Himmler, Heinrich ref1, ref2
Hitler, Adolf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Horocks, Lieutenant General Brian ref1
India
Independence of (1947) ref1
Intelligence School 9 (IS9) ref1, ref2
coded letters from ref1
personnel of ref1, ref2, ref3
relief parcels from ref1
International Committee of the Red Cross ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7