BELGIAN SPIRIT
OFFER R.A.F. MEA DISGUISES
LISBON
In defiance of the Gestapo, Belgian people persist in trying to aid the R.A.F.
Recently a British plane made a forced landing in fields near Namur. Peasants living nearby at once emerged from their houses carrying spare clothing with which the four airmen might disguise themselves and try to escape. The airmen refused to accept it for fear of getting the Belgians into trouble.
When the Germans took the R.A.F. men to Namur station en route to the prison camp, crowds turned out to cheer them, waving flags and singing patriotic songs. Additional guards had to be called out to prevent the prisoners being rescued by force. Every day Belgians put fresh flowers on the graves of R.A.F. men. The Germans try to keep their funerals secret, but the local people still attend them.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 230, 29 September 1942, Page 2
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