UK: BELGIAN WAR-TIME HEROINES BROUGHT TO LONDON ON VISIT BY R.A.F. ESCAPING SOCIETY.

Record ID: 207282

  • Title: UK: BELGIAN WAR-TIME HEROINES BROUGHT TO LONDON ON VISIT BY R.A.F. ESCAPING SOCIETY.
  • Date: 5th January 1967
  • Summary: THE THREE WOMEN ARRIVING OFF AIRLINER AT LONDON AIRPORT, WITH WARTIME FLIERS, AND WITH MR. AIREY NEAVE, A BRITISH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. 1. GV AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON TARMAC 0.05 2. SV PRESSMEN 0.07 3. SV WOMEN ON AIRCRAFT STEP 0.11 4. SV ONE OF WOMEN SHAKES HANDS WITH THE PILOT 0.13 5. SCU THE PILOT, CAPTAIN DELL 0.16 6. SV PARTY WALKING ON TARMAC 0.20 7. GV LONDON SCENE 0.22 8. SV INT..THREE WOMEN, LEFT TO RIGHT, MME ELVIRE DE GREEF, MLLE ANDREE DE JONGH, AND MME MICHELINE UGEUX WITH WARTIME AIR CREW 0.27 9. CU MICHELINE UGEUX, PAN TO ELVIRE DE GREEF 0.32 10. SCU ANDREE DE JONGH TALKING 0.34 11. SCU ELVIRE DE GREEF AND MICHELINE UGEUX 0.37 12. SV WOMEN DRINK TOAST WITH MR. AIREY NEAVE 0.42 13. SV DITTO 0.48 14. TV WOMEN WITH AIRCREW AND PRESS 0.50 Initials RM/V/RM/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th January 1967 12:00
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  • Location: LONDON, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVADOJ1RZP5HO7CU0GHKIYJNKLRX
  • Story Text: THREE BELGIAN WOMEN WHO RISKED TORTURE AND DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO HELP SHOT-DOWN BRITISH AIRMEN TO ESCAPE ARRIVED IN LONDON TODAY (THURSDAY). THE WOMEN, ALL BOLDERS OF THE GEORGE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY, ARE IN BRITAIN AS GUESTS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE ESCAPING SOCIETY.

    THE THREE WOMEN ARE MLLE ANDREE DE JONGH, MME ELVIRE DE GREEF, AND MME MICHELINE UGEUX. IN THE FILM, MLLE DE JONGH IS WEARING A DARK SUIT, MME DE GREEF A COLOURED DRESS, AND MME UGEUX A WHITE SUIT. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR VISIT WILL BE A MEETING WITH PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WHOM THEY SHELTERED AND HELPED TO ESCAPE.

    ALL THREE WOMEN WERE MEMBERS OF THE BELGIAN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT DURING THE WAR. THEY'LL BE IN LONDON FOR FOUR DAYS. THE R.A.F. ESCAPING SOCIETY WAS FORMED TO RETAIN THE LINKS BETWEEN BRITISH AIRMEN SHOT DOWN OVER EUROPE DURING THE WAR, AND TO PROVIDE VISITS TO LONDON FOR THE PEOPLE OF GERMAN-OCCUPIED COUNTRIES IN EUROPE WHO HELPED THE AIRMEN ESCAPE BACK TO BRITAIN.
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