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The Cooler King

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by Patrick Bishop


  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

  capture during ref1, ref2

  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

 

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