Florentino Rare WW2 resistance VIP RAFES 13 FDC Escape
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Florentino Rare WW2 resistance VIP RAFES 13 FDC Escape From Spain Signed Florentino Goicoechea Madame Kattalin Aguirre Donald Darling And Group Captain Randle The 4 Signatories Are: Florentino Goicoechea George Medal Was An Experienced Mountain Guide. He Was Recruited By Dedee (Andree De Jongh) In 1941. This Modest Basque Probably Never Realised That The Part He Played In Ww2 Would Have Such An Overwhelming Affect. He Led Small Parties Of Allied Servicemen Over The Pyrenees, Into Spain. He Made This Journey Continuously For The Comete Line Until D-Day When The Allies, At Long Last Had, Landed In Normandy. Madame Kattalin Aguirre, Legion D’Honneur, Croix De Guere, Lived In The Pyrenean Foothills. Her Farm Was Where The Evaders Were Assembled And Prepared For The Mountain Crossing. Needless-To-Say Madame Kattalin And Her Family Were In Constant Danger Of Being Betrayed. She Was Arrested And Sent To A Concentration Camp. She Survived The War. Donald Darling, In 1940, Played A Vital Role In Managing An Evasion And Escape System For, Allied Servicemen. In 1942 He Moved To Gibraltar To Co-Ordinate The Arrangements Of The Comete And Other Escape Lines. Group Captain W.S.O.Randle Was Shot Down In Holland. Resistance Members Of The Comete Line Helped Him To Reach The Pyrenees. He Crossed The Pyrenees On 30 October 1942. The Guides for This Crossing Were Andre De Jongh [Dedee] and the One- And- Only Florentino. Good Condition.
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