Escape from Paris

by Stephen Harding

  Erection and Maintenance Instructions for Army Model B-17F. Boeing Aircraft Co., Seattle, Washington, December 1, 1942. Air Corps Library.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 52, S/Sgt. Lester Brown Jr. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 9, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 53, S/Sgt. John H. Houghton. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 9, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 54, 2d Lt. Joseph Rosio. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 15, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 55, 2d Lt. George W. Evans. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 15, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 56, S/Sgt. John H. Kuberski. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 15, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 71, S/Sgt. Anthony F. Cucinotta. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, August 31, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 86, S/Sgt. Lawrence H. Templeton. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 11, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 87, 2d Lt. Roscoe F. Greene. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 12, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 88, 1st Lt. William C. Wetzel. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 9, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 91, Capt. Kee H. Harrison. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, April 9, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 92, 1st Lt. Floyd B. Watts. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 17, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 98, 2d Lt. David H. Turner Jr. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 20, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 99, S/Sgt. Richard S. Davitt. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 20, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 100, S/Sgt John L. Carpenter. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 26, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 101, T/Sgt. Samuel E. Potvin. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, September 26, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 111, T/Sgt. Donald E. Harding. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, October 6, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 112, S/Sgt. Harry L. Eastman. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, October 10, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 125, S/Sgt. Joseph E. Cornwall. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, October 19, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 355, 2d Lt. Sidney Casden. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, January 30, 1944. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 389, 2d Lt. Andrew C. Lindsay. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, February 7, 1944. NARA-MMRC.

  Escape and Evasion Report No. 531, 1st Lt. William B. Lock. Office of ACS, G-2, MIS Detachment, HQs, ETOUSA, March 26, 1944. NARA-MMRC.

  Etat des Lieux de Hotel des Invalides (Justification du projet et definition des travaux proposés). Agence de l’Architecte en Chef des Invalides, 1988. MAI.

  Extract of French Declaration, Joseph Gorjux. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, February 28, 1945. NARA-MMRC via Michael LeBlanc.

  Extract of French Declaration, Pierrette Gorjux. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, November 20, 1945. NARA-MMRC via Michael LeBlanc.

  Final Payment Roll, USAAF Separation Center, Roster No. 15, Group D, Cornwall, Joseph E. NARA-MMRC.

  Flexible Gunnery Training in the AAF. Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Historical Section, March 1945. AFHRA.

  Fonds Turma-Vengeance. Réseau Turma-Vengeance. Listes, Rapports et Comptes-rendus des Activiteés des Membres du Réseau. N.D. BDIC.

  Fonds Turma-Vengeance. Réseau Turma-Vengeance. Région II: Paris et la Seine: Listes des Membres des Réseaux, Attestations d’Appartenance aux Réseaux. N.D. BDIC.

  For U.S. Armed Forces in U.K.—Bury St. Edmunds. British Council, London, 1943.

  General Order No. 102, Awards of Distinguished Flying Cross; 1st Lt. Edward A. Purdy. HQs., Eighth Air Force, July 15, 1943. AFHRA.

  General Order No. 226, Awards of Distinguished Flying Cross; Capt. Edward A. Purdy (Missing in Action). HQs., Eighth Air Force, December 16, 1943. AFHRA.

  General Order No. 362, Citation for Medal of Freedom With Bronze Palm: Yvette Morin. HQs., U.S. Forces, European Theater, December 26, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  General Order No. 362, Citation for Medal of Freedom With Silver Palm: Denise B. Morin. HQs., U.S. Forces, European Theater, December 26, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  General Order No. 364, Citation for Medal of Freedom With Silver Palm (Posthumous): Georges Morin. HQs., U.S. Forces, European Theater, December 27, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  The German Intelligence Service and the War. Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. N.D. CIA.

  Häftlings-Personal-Karte KZ Buchenwald, Denise Morin. 1.1.5.4/7663042/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Häftlings-Personal-Karte KZ Buchenwald, Georges Morin. 1.1.5.3/6658071/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Häftlings-Personal-Karte KZ Buchenwald, Yvette Morin. 1.1.5.4/7663071/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Häftlings-Personal-Karte KZ Ravensbrück, Denise Morin. 1.1.5.4/7663043/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Häftlings-Personal-Karte KZ Ravensbrück, Yvette Morin. 1.1.5.4/7663072/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Helpers and Betrayers. MIS Detachment, HQs., ETOUSA, May 16, 1945. NARA-MMRC.

  History, 6th Photographic Group, Reconnaissance. Monthly Reports, 1 March 1944 through 30 September 1945. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Russell E. Crisp. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Jefferson D. Dickson. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Carroll T. Harris Jr. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Edward B. Jones. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Charles W. Lichtenberger. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Richard J. Marquardt. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Edward A. Purdy. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Francis J. Santangelo. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, John W. Smith. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individual Deceased Personnel File, Charles M. Sprague. The Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1948. NARA-NPRC.

  Individuelle Dokumente KZ Buchenwald, Morin, Denise. 1.1.5.4/7663039/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Individuelle Dokumente KZ Buchenwald, Morin, Denise (Besondere Borfommnisse). 1.1.5.4/7663039/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Individuelle Dokumente KZ Buchenwald, Morin, Yvette. 1.1.5.4/7663068/IST Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Individuelle Dokumente KZ Buchenwald, Morin, Yvette (Besondere Borfommnisse). 1.1.5.4/7663070/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  KL Buchenwald Arbeitseinsatz, Häftlingskommando für Junkers, Markkleeberg, 10.3.1945. NARA-MMRC.

  L’Affaire Andre Raveaux. N.D. FR via Michael LeBlanc.

  Liste de Pilotes Americains et Anglais Hébergés par la Famille Morin. 7709 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, July 1946. NARA-MMRC.

 
; Liste des Français Hébergés Pour un Temps Assez Long, Par la Famille Morin. 7709 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, July 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Lysander and Hudson Pick Up Operations: Execution of Operations—Notes for Pilots. S/Ldr Hugh Verity, 1944. UKNA via Robert Body.

  Lysander and Hudson Pick Up Operations: Preparation Instructions for Pilots. S/Ldr Hugh Verity, 1944. UKNA via Robert Body.

  Memoire de Proposition Pour l’Attribution de Medaille de la Resistance: Yvette Morin. Ministere de la Guerre, Réseau Action Vengeance, February 24, 1947. SHD.

  MI9/S/PG(-)1449. Evaded Capture in France: Sgt. James George Antony Trusty, RAF. IS9(W), London, October 6, 1943. UKNA via Michael LeBlanc.

  MI9/S/PG(-)1559. Evaded Capture in France: Sgt. Percival Victor Matthews, RAF. IS9(W), London, November 12, 1943. UKNA via Michael LeBlanc.

  MI9/S/PG(-)1566. Evaded Capture in France: W/O Roderick Alexander Scott, RCAF. IS9(W), London, November 7, 1943. UKNA via Michael LeBlanc.

  Military Intelligence Service in the European Theater of Operations. HQs., U.S. Forces, European Theater, N.D. CIA.

  M.I.S.-X Manual on Evasion, Escape, and Survival. The War Department, Washington, D.C., 1944. NARA-MMRC.

  Missing Aircrew Report #114. HQs., Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., July 14, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Missing Aircrew Report #115. HQs., Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., July 14, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Missing Aircrew Report #116. HQs., Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., July 14, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Missing Aircrew Report #161. HQs., Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  MIS-X to IS9 (Donald Darling, Awards), Ref: Mme and Mlle Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, July 11, 1945. NARA-MMRC.

  MIS-X to IS9 (Darling, Lefort), Ref: Mme Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, N.D. NARA-MMRC.

  Narrative Mission Report, VIII Bomber Command Mission 72. Office of the S-2, 331st Bombardment Squadron, July 11, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Narrative Mission Report, VIII Bomber Command Mission 73. Office of the S-2, 94th Bombardment Group, July 15, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Narrative Mission Report, VIII Bomber Command Mission 73. Office of the S-2, 331st Bombardment Squadron, July 17, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Narrative Unit History, 331st Bombardment Squadron, July–August 1943. Office of the S-2, 331st Bombardment Squadron. AFHRA.

  Neuzugänge KL Buchenwald vom 3.9.44 (mit Personalbogen), Morin, Georges. 1.1.5.1/5363114/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Neuzugänge KL Buchenwald vom 19.10.44 (von KL Ravensbrück nach Akdo Abterode [sic] Über Akdo Torgaü, eingetroffen am 6.10.44), Morin, Denise; Morin, Yvette. 1.1.5.1/5290022/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Operations Log, No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron, Oct. 1943. UKNA via Robert Body.

  Origins of the Eighth Air Force: Plans, Organization, Doctrines. Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Historical Division, Washington, D.C., 1944. AFHRA.

  Pilot Training Manual for the B-17 Flying Fortress. Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training, Army Air Forces, May 1945. Air Corps Library.

  Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions for Army Models B-17F and G. Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training, Army Air Forces, August 1, 1943. Air Corps Library.

  Politische Französinnen, Neuzugänge, 19 Oktober 1944. Morin, Denise (57616/31904); Morin Yvette (57615/31903). Politische Abteilung, KL-Weimar-Buchenwald Standesbeamte. BA-F.

  Psychiatric Experiences of the Eighth Air Force: First Year of Combat (July 4, 1942–July 4, 1943). Office of the Air Surgeon, Army Air Forces, August 1944. AFHRA.

  Questionnaire Concernant l’Aide Apportee Aux Evades Allies: Gorjux, Joseph. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, June 28, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Recommendation for a Donation in Favor of Madam Veuve Denise Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, May 14, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Recommendation for a Pension in Favor of Madame Veuve Denise Morin. IS-9 (Awards Bureau), Paris, April 29, 1946. UKNA.

  Recommendation for Award of Medal of Freedom With Bronze Palm: Yvette Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, May 2, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Recommendation for Award of Medal of Freedom With Silver Palm: Denise Bourinet Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, May 1, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Recommendation for Award of Medal of Freedom With Silver Palm: Georges Julien Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, May 1, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Recommendation for Payment, Mme and Mlle Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, July 11, 1945. NARA-MMRC.

  Renseignements d’Etat Civil Concernant Le Deporte ou l’interne: Claerebout, Yvette, Née Morin. N.D. BDIC.

  Report Brought In By Miss Pierrette Gorjux. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, July 24, 1945. NARA-MMRC via Michael LeBlanc.

  Request for Interview: Madame Denise Morin. 7709 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, March 19, 1946. NARA-MMRC.

  Résumé d’Activité de Madame Morin. N.D. BDIC.

  Roster of Officers—Dickson, Captain Jefferson D. HQs., 452nd Bombardment Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group, October 24, 1942, via Christine Hilger.

  SIPO & SD Kommandos in France: Personnel and Chief Groups of Agents. Supreme HQs., Allied Expeditionary Force, April 1945. CIA.

  Special Order 292, Return of MIA Personnel: Cornwall, S/Sgt. Joseph E. NARA-NPRC.

  Statement by Sgt. Percival Victor Matthews, RAF, Evaded Capture in France. M.I.9/S/P.G. (-) 1559, November 12, 1943. UKNA.

  Statement by WO Roderick Alexander Scott, RCAF, Evaded Capture in France. M.I.9/S/P.G. (-) 1566, November 8, 1943. UKNA.

  Statement by Sgt. James George Antony Trusty, RAF, Evaded Capture in France. M.I.9/S/P.G. (-) 1449, October 5, 1943. UKNA.

  Statistical Mission Report, VIII Bomber Command No. 73. HQs., 94th Bomb Group, July 14, 1943. AFHRA via George Saltsman.

  Sterbebuch Standesamt Sangerhausen, III/160, Georges Morin. 1.1.27.1/2538504/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Tactical Mission Report, Mission No. 73, 14 July 1943. HQs., VIII Bomber Command, APO 634, August 9, 1943. AFHRA.

  Tactical Report, Form 103A Statistical, Mission No. 73. HQs., 94th Bomb Group, July 14, 1943. AFHRA.

  Tactical Report of Mission, Le Bourget, 14 July 1943. HQs., 4th Bombardment Wing, July 18, 1943. AFHRA via George Saltsman.

  Témoignage de M. le Colonel Brosse, 28/8/48. SHD.

  Totenschein, Beamter Georges Morin. Konzentrationslager-Sangerhausen Standesbeamte, December 25, 1944. BA-F.

  Überstellungsliste von KL Ravensbrück nach KL Buchenwald (Arbeitslager Torgau), Morin, Denise; Morin, Yvette. 1.1.35.1/3760958/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Überstellungsliste zum Aussenlager Dora, Morin, Georges. 1.1.5.1/5363099/IST Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Veränderungsmeldung KZ Mittelbau, 26.12.44, Morin, Georges. 1.1.27.1/2534339/ITS Digital Archive, Bad Arolsen.

  Visit of Madame and Mademoiselle Morin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, June 14, 1945. NARA-MMRC.

  Visit of Mme. Paul Durin. 6801 MIS-X Detachment, HQs. Command, U.S. Forces, European Theater, November 21, 1945. NARA-MMRC.

  Voucher for Pay and Allowances of Individual Enlisted Men—S/Sgt. Jesse Gypin Sr., Fitzsimons General Hospital, September 29, 1942. NARA-NPRC.

  War Diary, 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, May 1943. AFHRA.

  War Diary, 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, June 1943. AFHRA.

  War Diary, 331st Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, July 1943. AFHRA.

  Weekly Status and Operations Report, 94th Bomb Group, July 11-17, 1943. NARA-MMRC.

  Interviews

  Brouard-Miller, Marguerite. Audio-recorded by th
e author, January 25 and 30, 2017.

  Gypin, Nathaniel. Audio-recorded by the author, February 8 and August 25, 2017.

  Higgins, Byron. Audio-recorded by the author, March 12, 2017.

  Hilger, Christine Dickson. Audio-recorded by the author, December 14, 2016.

  LeBlanc, Michael. Audio-recorded by the author, February 7 and 10, 2017.

  Lynch, Roger. Audio-recorded by the author, March 12, 2017.

  Morin-Claerebout, Yvette. “Témoignage CNRD 2016/2017 MORIN Yvette.” Video-recorded by La Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation, released September 2016.

  . Audio-recorded by Ellen Hampton, February 10, 2017.

  . Audio-recorded by the author, June 5, 2017.

  Saltsman, George. Audio-recorded by the author, March 15, 2017.

  Scott, Roderick A. Audio-recorded by Michael LeBlanc, June 1996.

  Templeton, Bruce. Audio-recorded by the author, July 13, 2017.

  Correspondence

  Begg, 2nd Lt. Joseph R., to Louise Dickson, February 7, 1946.

  Brainerd, I. M., to Effie B. Belcher, June 22, 1944.

  Burnett, Thurman D., to Ralph H. Saltsman Jr., April 5, 1976.

  Callon, Sim C., to Lawrence Templeton, April 27, 1987.

  Cornwall, Joseph E., to “Whom It May Concern,” September 2, 1945.

  Dickson, Jefferson Davis, Jr., to Louise M. Dickson, June 20, 1943.

  Dickson, Louise M., to Lawrence Templeton, October 25, 1943.

  , to Joseph E. Cornwall, March 31, 1944.

  , to John Harding [?], April 18, 1944.

  Doyle, David F., to Louise M. Dickson, March 26, 1945.

  Dunlop, Brigadier General Robert H., to Lieutenant Colonel Carroll T. Harris Sr., April 12, 1944.

  Frank, Mrs. Willis T., to Louise M. Dickson, August 10, 1943.

  Furness, M. J., U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, to Joseph E. Cornwall, May 20, 1946.

  Harding, John, to Louise M. Dickson, December 23, 1943.

  , to Louise M. Dickson, May 14, 1945.

  Hilger, Christine Dickson, to the author, February 27, 2017.

  Horkan, Brigadier General G. A., to Louise Dickson, May 2, 1947.

  LeBlanc, Michael Moores, to Ralph H. Saltsman, October 19, 1999.