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  • Evasion of Tom Applewhite
    • Air Force Service
      • The Wild Hare
      • Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
      • Sample Photo: Briefing Target of the Day
      • Sample Photo: Briefing of Flight Crew
      • Mission Report, 385th Bombardment Group, 11 Nov. 1943
        • Narrative Report – p. 1
        • Narrative Report – p. 2
        • Loading List (1 of 4 pages)
        • Group Formation Flown
        • Take-Off and Landing
        • Navigator’s Report
        • Bombardment Group Log – Portion of 3 pages
        • Bombardier’s Narrative
        • Bombing Analysis
        • Map
      • Applewhite’s Escape and Evasion Report
      • Sample Photo: B-17 Vapor Trails
    • Publications By and About Tom Applewhite
      • “Briefing at Five”
      • Original Research on “The Wild Hare”
        • “Flying Fort Crashed Near Dussen”
        • “Pilot Savers from Well See American Again”
      • Articles by Website Author
        • Dutch Article on Tom Applewhite
        • “Tom got to freedom, the hard way”
    • Fellow Evaders, Helpers, and Norwegian Sailors
      • Airmen Evading with Tom Applewhite
      • People Who Helped Tom Applewhite
      • The Norwegian Ship “Lisbeth”
    • Postwar Reunions with Helpers
      • Amanda Stassart
        • Report by Amanda Stassart
      • Peter and Nellie de Noo
      • Jan Naaijkens
    • Applewhite Remembered in Literature
      • De Fiets (The Bicycle)
      • Three Wise Men From the West
    • Maps of the Initial Part of Tom’s Escape Route
  • WWII Escape and Evasion Research
    • Aircraft Crash Records and Crash Sites
    • Links to Other Websites
      • Aerial Battles
      • Aerial Reconnaissance
      • Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Ireland
      • B-17, B-24, B-25, and P-51 Tours
      • Book Publishers – World War II Subjects
        • Military Book Clubs & Book Stores
      • Belgium – General
      • Calculator for Dates, Seasons, and Moon Phases
      • Coastal Defenses
      • Dutch Nicknames, First Names, and Surnames
      • Engelandvaarders (Dutch Patriots to England)
      • Escape and Evasion
      • Forced Labor Camps
      • History
      • Holocaust
      • International Mail Addressing
      • Libraries and Library Databases
      • Luftwaffe
      • Merchant Marine
      • Ministries of Defence
      • Museums/National Monuments and Aerospace Museums
      • Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
      • People Searches, Social Security Death Index
      • Personal Narratives and Videos
      • Prisoners of War
      • Railway Stations, Railway Historical Associations
      • Resistance (Verzet)
      • Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, etc.
      • Soldiers and Civilians Killed
      • Telephone Databases
      • U-boats
      • United States Army
      • War Graves, War Graves Adoption
      • World War II
      • World War II Airborne Forces
      • World War II Airmen in Concentration Camps
      • World War II Archives
      • World War II Awards, Medals, Decorations, Insignia
      • World War II Battles
      • World War II Belgium
      • World War II Collaborators & Foreign Volunteers
      • World War II Combined Operations
      • World War II Conferences
      • World War II Contrails
      • World War II – Denmark
      • World War II – Displaced Persons
      • World War II Documentaries
      • World War II Dog Tags
      • World War II Everyday Life
      • World War II Executions and Deportations
      • World War II France
      • World War II Generals
      • World War II – German Military
      • World War II Intelligence, SOE
      • World War II Lend Lease
      • World War II Looted Art
      • World War II Magazines
      • World War II Memorials and Overseas Cemeteries
      • World War II Message Boards and Forums
      • World War II Military Maps
      • World War II Missing in Action
      • World War II Netherlands
        • Marechaussees
      • World War II – Orphans of WWII U.S. Military
      • World War II Photographs
      • World War II Prisons
      • World War II Propaganda
      • World War II Secret Agents
      • Word War II Timeline
      • World War II Traitors, Collaborators
      • World War II Underground Newspapers (Clandestine Press)
      • World War II United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
        • 8th Air Force
        • 9th Air Force
        • 12th Air Force
        • 15th Air Force
        • U.S. Airfields in the U.K.
      • World War II Veterans – Netherlands, Belgium, France
      • World War II Veterans – U.S.
      • World War II War Brides
      • World War II War Criminals
    • Luftwaffe Fighter Claims of Downed Aircraft
    • National Archives Research (U.S.)
      • Escape and Evasion Reports Available On Line
        • Index of E and E Reports, #249-319
        • Index of E and E Reports, #320-385
        • Index of E and E Reports, #386-445
        • Index of E and E Reports, #446-499
        • Index of E and E Reports, #500-559
        • Index of E and E Reports, #560-624
        • Index of E and E Reports, #625-689
        • Index of E and E Reports, #690-750
        • Index of E and E Reports, #751-815
        • Index of E and E Reports, #816-880
        • Index of E and E Reports, #881-944
        • Index of E and E Reports, #945-1000
      • Appendix C – Part of Escape and Evasion Reports
      • Notes on Using the Textual Research Room
        • Index to Escape & Evasion Record Locations
      • Belgian Helper Files by Box Number
      • Dutch Helper Files by Box Number
      • French Helper Files by Box Number
      • Airmen Helper Questionnaires
        • Sample Questionnaire – page 1
        • Sample Questionnaire – page 2
        • Questionnaire Translation
      • Prisoner of War (POW) Records
      • Enlistment Records
      • Veterans Service Records
      • Hiring a Professional Researcher
    • Sources Consulted
    • U.S. Census Records
  • Smit-van der Heijden Line
    • Aid Given to People in Need
      • Aid to Escaped French POW’s
        • Four Sisters from Vorselaar
      • Aid to Dutch Jews
        • Address by Sjef van der Heijden Before Yad Vashem
      • Aid to Onderduikers and Engelandvaarders
      • Aid to Dutch Families
      • Aid to Allied Airmen
    • Members of the Smit-van der Heijden Line
      • Marechaussees in the Line
      • Civilians in the Line
        • Reunion in Baarle Nassau 1945
    • Connections to Other Escape/Intelligence Lines
    • Cafés, Hotels – Centers of Resistance Activity
    • Articles About the Line
      • Dutch and Belgian Heroism – Part I
      • Dutch and Belgian Heroism – Part II
    • Arrest, Prison, Concentration Camps
      • 1945 Letter to Bureau of Ex-Political Prisoners
      • 1945 Letter to Bureau Ex-Politieke Gevangenen
    • Recognition for Their Achievements
      • Recommendation for Citation – Karst Smit
      • Decorations Received by Karst Smit
      • Recommendation for Citation – Eugene Van der Heijden
    • Research Help Requests
      • Photograph Identification
      • Requests for Help in Dutch Publications
  • Schrynemakers Family in WWII
    • Arthur Schrynemakers’ Dossier
    • Himmler’s Arrest by Arthur Britton
  • WWII Escape and Evasion Topics
    • Crash Sites in Belgium
    • Dangerous Mistakes of Evading Airmen
    • Engelandvaarders
    • Escape Aids
      • Escape Aids – Box and Purse
      • Escape Aids – Cloth Maps
      • Escape Aids – German Propaganda Magazines
      • MIS-X: Secret Escape Aids for American POWs
      • Royal Air Force Escape Aids
    • Escape and Evasion Books
    • Escape and Evasion Instructions
    • Escape and Evasion Websites
    • Evasion Statistics – Airmen
    • German Agents Among Airmen
      • Ashbrook Questionnaire
    • The False Soir (Le faux Soir)
  • Interviews
    • Interview with Laurence W. “Bill” Bettinson, 3rd Radio Officer on the “Lisbeth”
    • Interview with Charlotte Ambach
    • Interview with Amanda Stassart
  • Govt. Reports
    • It’s the Little Things, Escape and Evasion During WWII
    • M.I.S.-X Manual on Evasion, Escape, and Survival
      • Evasion in Europe
      • Resisting Interrogation
      • Escape – Europe
      • Prisoner of War Camps
  • Personal Narratives
    • A Young Boy and the “Good” War
    • The “Delights” of German Occupation
  • Phantom Train
    • Allied Airmen on the Phantom Train
    • Minute-by-Minute Account of the Phantom Train
    • Report Concerning the Convoy of Sep. 3, 1944 at the Petite-Ile Station
    • Phantom Train Report by C. Lokker
    • List of Prisoners of Le Train Fantôme (Phantom Train)
    • Photographs of the Train
    • Photographs of the Antagonists
  • Dutch Helper List
    • Index to Dutch Helpers of Allied Personnel
      • Dutch Helper Names, AA to AVEZAATH
      • Dutch Helper Names, BAAK to BIERHOF
      • Dutch Helper Names, BIERHOF to BOUMA
      • Dutch Helper Names, BOUMA to BIJZITTER (BYZITTER)
      • Dutch Helper Names, CALS to CURFS
      • Dutch Helper Names, DAALE to DIJKSTRA
      • Dutch Helper Names, EBBINK to EYSINGA
      • Dutch Helper Names, FASSEN to FUST
      • Dutch Helper Names, GAAJETAAN to GIJZEN (GYJZEN)
      • Dutch Helper Names, HAAFTER to HEY
      • Dutch Helper Names, HEYBOER to HIJMANS (HYMANS)
      • Dutch Helper Names, IBELINGS to IMBOS
      • Dutch Helper Names, JAARSMA to JUTGENS
      • Dutch Helper Names, KAA to KWINT
      • Dutch Helper Names, LAAR to LEGGER
      • Dutch Helper Names, LEISINK to LIJSER (LYSER)
      • Dutch Helper Names, MAAL to MIJNHEER (MYNHEER)
      • Dutch Helper Names, NAAKTGEBOREN to NIJZINK (NYZINK)
      • Dutch Helper Names, OBBINK to OIJEN (OYEN)
      • Dutch Helper Names, PAAPST to PIJPERS (PYPERS)
      • Dutch Helper Names, QUANT to QUINT
      • Dutch Helper Names, RAA to RIJSWIJK (RYSWYK)
      • Dutch Helper Names, SAALMINK to SLEEUWENHOEK
      • Dutch Helper Names, SLEUTJENS to SZERKOWSKI
      • Dutch Helper Names, TACONIS to TIJTHOF (TYTHOF)
      • Dutch Helper Names, UBACHS to UIJTHOVEN (UYTHOVEN)
      • Dutch Helper Names, VAANDERING to VUYST
      • Dutch Helper Names, WAAL to WYTEMA
      • Dutch Helper Names, YPMA to YZERMANS
      • Dutch Helpers, ZAALBER to ZYTHOFF
    • Dutch Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
      • Dutch Cities: Aalst to Breda
        • Aalst and Waalre (near Eindhoven)
        • Almelo
        • Alphen
        • Amersfoort
        • Amsterdam
        • Apeldoorn
        • Baarle-Nassau
        • Beek
        • Beilen
        • Berlicum
        • Bladel
        • Borne
        • Boxtel
        • Breda
      • Dutch Cities: Chaam to Fijnaart
        • Chaam
        • Coevorden
        • Den Bosch (‘s-Hertogenbosch)
        • Den Haag (The Hague)
        • Deventer
        • Dinther
        • Dordrecht
        • Drachten
        • Eindhoven
        • Enschede
        • Erp
        • Esbeek and Hooge Mierde
        • Esch
        • Fijnaart
      • Dutch Cities: Gilze to Kampen
        • Gilze
        • Goirle
        • Groningen
        • Haaksbergen
        • Hardenberg
        • Hengelo
        • Heusden, Hedikhuizen, and Herpt
        • Hilvarenbeek and Biest-Houtakker
        • Hoogeveen
        • Hooghalen
        • Kaatshuevel
        • Kampen
      • Dutch Cities: Leiden to Oudenbosch
        • Leiden
        • Meppel
        • Middelbeers
        • Moergestel
        • Netersel
        • Nijmegen
        • Nijverdal (Nyverdal)
        • Oirschot
        • Oisterwijk
        • Oldenzaal
        • Oosterhout
        • Oudenbosch
      • Dutch Cities: Roosendaal to Utrecht
        • Roosendaal
        • Rosmalen
        • Rotterdam
        • Schijndel
        • Sliedrecht
        • Sprang-Capelle
        • Staphorst
        • Tilburg
        • Udenhout
        • Ulicoten
        • Urk
        • Utrecht
      • Dutch Cities: Vessem to Zwolle
        • Vessem
        • Vught
        • Waalwijk
        • Waspik
        • Well (near Heusden)
        • Wierden
        • Zeist
        • Zundert
        • Zutphen
        • Zwolle
    • Other Sources of Information on Members of the Resistance
  • BELGIAN HELPER LIST
    • Index to Belgian and Luxemburger Helpers of Allied Personnel
      • A-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, ABELOOS to AZEBA
      • B-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, BAAR-DURANT to BEAUPREZ
        • Belgian Helper Names, BEAURAIN to BEYNS
        • Belgian Helper Names, BEYTS-KINGSHOTT to BOREUX
        • Belgian Helper Names, BOREUX-MAHIANT to BRASSEUR
        • Belgian Helper Names, BRASSEUR to BYVOET-MARTENS
      • C-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, CABOLET to CHAIDRON
        • Belgian Helper Names, CHAIDRON to COENEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, COENEN to COUCKE
        • Belgian Helper Names, COUGNEAU to CYTE
      • D-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, DABE-BERIDEUX to DE BORGHRAEVE d’ALTENA
        • Belgian Helper Names, DEBORNONVILLE DEBOSKRE to DEFRATEUR
        • Belgian Helper Names, DEFRANCE to DELEU
        • Belgian Helper Names, DELEU to DEMEYRE
        • Belgian Helper Names, DE MILDER to DE ROUBAIX
        • Belgian Helper Names, DE ROUBAIX to DEVIGNE
        • Belgian Helper Names, DEVIJN to DOCHAU
        • Belgian Helper Names, DOCK to DUMON
        • Belgian Helper Names, DUMONT to DYKERS
      • E-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, EBEN to EZANNIC
      • F-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, FABER to FRAIPONT
        • Belgian Helper Names, FOUREZ to FYVART
      • G-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, GABAN to GHAYE
        • Belgian Helper Names, GHAYE to GOGNEAUX
        • Belgian Helper Names, GOGNEAUX to GYSSENS
      • H-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, HAACK to HENKEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, HENNAUT to HOYOUX
        • Belgian Helper Names, HOYOUX to HYZIEWICZ
      • I & J-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, IEVEN to JEGERS
        • Belgian Helper Names, JEHASSE to JUSTIN
      • K-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, KADDEN to KYSEN
      • L-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, LABAERE to LASSENCE
        • Belgian Helper Names, LATHOUWERS to LEJEUNE
        • Belgian Helper Names, LEJEUNE to LERUSTE
        • Belgian Helper Names, LERUTH to LONGVILLE
        • Belgian Helper Names, LONTIE to LYSEN
      • M-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, MAAS to MARNETTE
        • Belgian Helper Names, MARNETTE to MELEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, MELIN to MISSOTTEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, MISSOTTEN to MYSTEN
      • N-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, NABOR to NYSTEN
      • O-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, O to OYEN
      • P-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, PADUART to PENNINCK
        • Belgian Helper Names, PENNING to PISCART
        • Belgian Helper Names, PITERAERENS to PYRE
      • Q-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, QUAEDVLIEG to QUOITOT
      • R-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, RADELET to RIGA
        • Belgian Helper Names, RIGAUX to ROSE
        • Belgian Helper Names, ROSE to RYCKEN
      • S-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, SABBE to SCHROEDER
        • Belgian Helper Names, SCHROELL to SMOLDERS
        • Belgian Helper Names, SMOLDERS to STEYAERT
        • Belgian Helper Names, STEYAERT to SYS
      • T-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, TABURIAUX to TIMMERMANS
        • Belgian Helper Names, TIMMERMANS to TYZO
      • U-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, UBAIN to USE
      • V-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, VAEREWYCK to VANDENBOSCH
        • Belgian Helper Names, VANDENBOSCH to VANDERPLAETSEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, VANDERPOEL to VAN GOBELSCHROY
        • Belgian Helper Names, VAN GOETHEM to VAN MALDEREN
        • Belgian Helper Names, VAN MALDEREN to VAUCHOT
        • Belgian Helper Names, VAUTRIN to VERSCHUERE
        • Belgian Helper Names, VERSCHUREN to VYVERMANS
      • W-Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, WACHEZ to WIJNEN
        • Belgian Helper Names, WILLEME to WYTTINCK
      • X,Y,Z – Names
        • Belgian Helper Names, XHOARD to ZYDE
    • Belgian Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
      • Belgian Cities: Arendonk
      • Belgian Cities: Baarle-Hertog
      • Belgian Cities: Oud-Turnhout
      • Belgian Cities: Poppel
      • Belgian Cities: Ravels
      • Belgian Cities: Turnhout
      • Belgian Cities: Weelde
  • FRENCH HELPER LIST
    • French Helper Names: AARATHOON to ANSART
  • LUXEMBURGER HELPER LIST
  • Maps of Netherlands and Belgium 1940-45
    • 1938 Map of Tilburg to Weelde, Belgium
    • Belgium 1944 Map
    • Netherlands 1944 Map
  • Other Escape Lines
    • Map of Major Escape Routes Through France
    • List of French Escape Lines
    • Burgundy (Bourgogne) Line
    • Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète)
    • Dutch-Paris Line
    • Luctor et Emergo/Fiat Libertas
      • Airmen Helped by Fiat Libertas
      • Report by Secret Agent “Frans Hals” (Dignus “Dick” Kragt)
    • Marie-Claire Line
    • MNB (Belgian National Movement/Mouvement National Belge)
    • PAT (Pat O’Leary) Line
    • Possum Line
    • Service EVA
    • Shelburn (Shelbourne) Line
  • WWII Films, Documentaries
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • What Did My Father Do in the Resistance?
    • How Do I Learn About an Allied Airman Who Was Shot Down?
  • My Library
    • Air War
      • Anti-Aircraft
      • B-17′s
      • Luftwaffe
      • RAF
      • V-1 and V-2 Rockets
    • Belgium
    • Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Fifth Column
    • Channel Islands, Atlantic Wall
    • Collaboration
    • End of the War
    • Escape and Evasion
    • Forced Labor
    • France
    • Gibraltar
    • Heinrich Himmler
    • History of World War II
    • Holocaust, Concentration Camps
    • Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence, Espionage
    • Netherlands
      • Netherlands – Englandspiel
      • Netherlands – King Kong
    • Norway, Norwegian Ships, Navigation
    • Occupation of Europe
    • Prisoners of War
    • Prisons
    • Propaganda, Psychological Warfare
    • Pyrenees, Basques, St. Jean de Luz
    • Radar and Radio
    • Resistance
      • Phantom Train (Ghost Train)
    • Spain, Seville, Miranda de Ebro
    • Special Operations – SOE, OSS
    • Threats to Airmen: German Police
      • German Police – Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP)
      • German Police – Gestapo
      • German Police – Green Police
      • German Police – SS and SD
    • U-Boats, Convoys, Raiders
  • Personal Background
    • Contact

My Library

I am listing some of the books, articles, etc. that I have in my library on the subject of World War II because of the possibility that some titles may prove useful to visitors to this website. Some books appear under more than one subject heading. The subjects are as given below.   Click on whichever interests you to be linked with the corresponding list.

1. Air War – Anti-Aircraft

2. Air War – B-17’s

3. Air War – Luftwaffe

4. Air War – RAF

5. Air War – V-1 and V-2 Rockets

6. Belgium

7. Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Fifth Column

8. Channel Islands, Atlantic Wall

9. Collaboration

10. Escape and Evasion

11. Forced Labor

12. France

13. Gibraltar

18. Heinrich Himmler

19. History of World War II

20. Holocaust, Concentration Camps

21. Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence,  Espionage

22. Netherlands

23. Netherlands – Englandspiel

24. Netherlands – King Kong

25. Norway, Norwegian Ships, Navigation

26. Occupation of Europe

27. Pyrenees, Basques, St. Jean de Luz

28. Resistance

29. Resistance - Phantom Train (Ghost Train)

30. Spain, Seville

31. Special Operations – SOE, OSS

32. Threats to Airmen – German Police

33. Threats to Airmen – German Police – GFP (Geheime Feldpolizei)

34. Threats to Airmen – German Police – Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)

35. Threats to Airmen – German Police – Green Police

36. Threats to Airmen – German Police – SS and SD

37. U-Boats, Convoys, Raiders

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    • Evasion of Tom Applewhite
      • Air Force Service
        • The Wild Hare
        • Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
        • Sample Photo: Briefing Target of the Day
        • Sample Photo: Briefing of Flight Crew
        • Mission Report, 385th Bombardment Group, 11 Nov. 1943
          • Narrative Report – p. 1
          • Narrative Report – p. 2
          • Loading List (1 of 4 pages)
          • Group Formation Flown
          • Take-Off and Landing
          • Navigator’s Report
          • Bombardment Group Log – Portion of 3 pages
          • Bombardier’s Narrative
          • Bombing Analysis
          • Map
        • Applewhite’s Escape and Evasion Report
        • Sample Photo: B-17 Vapor Trails
      • Publications By and About Tom Applewhite
        • “Briefing at Five”
        • Original Research on “The Wild Hare”
          • “Flying Fort Crashed Near Dussen”
          • “Pilot Savers from Well See American Again”
        • Articles by Website Author
          • Dutch Article on Tom Applewhite
          • “Tom got to freedom, the hard way”
      • Fellow Evaders, Helpers, and Norwegian Sailors
        • Airmen Evading with Tom Applewhite
        • People Who Helped Tom Applewhite
        • The Norwegian Ship “Lisbeth”
      • Postwar Reunions with Helpers
        • Amanda Stassart
          • Report by Amanda Stassart
        • Peter and Nellie de Noo
        • Jan Naaijkens
      • Applewhite Remembered in Literature
        • De Fiets (The Bicycle)
        • Three Wise Men From the West
      • Maps of the Initial Part of Tom’s Escape Route
    • WWII Escape and Evasion Research
      • Aircraft Crash Records and Crash Sites
      • Links to Other Websites
        • Aerial Battles
        • Aerial Reconnaissance
        • Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Ireland
        • B-17, B-24, B-25, and P-51 Tours
        • Book Publishers – World War II Subjects
          • Military Book Clubs & Book Stores
        • Belgium – General
        • Calculator for Dates, Seasons, and Moon Phases
        • Coastal Defenses
        • Dutch Nicknames, First Names, and Surnames
        • Engelandvaarders (Dutch Patriots to England)
        • Escape and Evasion
        • Forced Labor Camps
        • History
        • Holocaust
        • International Mail Addressing
        • Libraries and Library Databases
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        • Ministries of Defence
        • Museums/National Monuments and Aerospace Museums
        • Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
        • People Searches, Social Security Death Index
        • Personal Narratives and Videos
        • Prisoners of War
        • Railway Stations, Railway Historical Associations
        • Resistance (Verzet)
        • Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, etc.
        • Soldiers and Civilians Killed
        • Telephone Databases
        • U-boats
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        • World War II Airborne Forces
        • World War II Airmen in Concentration Camps
        • World War II Archives
        • World War II Awards, Medals, Decorations, Insignia
        • World War II Battles
        • World War II Belgium
        • World War II Collaborators & Foreign Volunteers
        • World War II Combined Operations
        • World War II Conferences
        • World War II Contrails
        • World War II – Denmark
        • World War II – Displaced Persons
        • World War II Documentaries
        • World War II Dog Tags
        • World War II Everyday Life
        • World War II Executions and Deportations
        • World War II France
        • World War II Generals
        • World War II – German Military
        • World War II Intelligence, SOE
        • World War II Lend Lease
        • World War II Looted Art
        • World War II Magazines
        • World War II Memorials and Overseas Cemeteries
        • World War II Message Boards and Forums
        • World War II Military Maps
        • World War II Missing in Action
        • World War II Netherlands
          • Marechaussees
        • World War II – Orphans of WWII U.S. Military
        • World War II Photographs
        • World War II Prisons
        • World War II Propaganda
        • World War II Secret Agents
        • Word War II Timeline
        • World War II Traitors, Collaborators
        • World War II Underground Newspapers (Clandestine Press)
        • World War II United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
          • 8th Air Force
          • 9th Air Force
          • 12th Air Force
          • 15th Air Force
          • U.S. Airfields in the U.K.
        • World War II Veterans – Netherlands, Belgium, France
        • World War II Veterans – U.S.
        • World War II War Brides
        • World War II War Criminals
      • Luftwaffe Fighter Claims of Downed Aircraft
      • National Archives Research (U.S.)
        • Escape and Evasion Reports Available On Line
          • Index of E and E Reports, #249-319
          • Index of E and E Reports, #320-385
          • Index of E and E Reports, #386-445
          • Index of E and E Reports, #446-499
          • Index of E and E Reports, #500-559
          • Index of E and E Reports, #560-624
          • Index of E and E Reports, #625-689
          • Index of E and E Reports, #690-750
          • Index of E and E Reports, #751-815
          • Index of E and E Reports, #816-880
          • Index of E and E Reports, #881-944
          • Index of E and E Reports, #945-1000
        • Appendix C – Part of Escape and Evasion Reports
        • Notes on Using the Textual Research Room
          • Index to Escape & Evasion Record Locations
        • Belgian Helper Files by Box Number
        • Dutch Helper Files by Box Number
        • French Helper Files by Box Number
        • Airmen Helper Questionnaires
          • Sample Questionnaire – page 1
          • Sample Questionnaire – page 2
          • Questionnaire Translation
        • Prisoner of War (POW) Records
        • Enlistment Records
        • Veterans Service Records
        • Hiring a Professional Researcher
      • Sources Consulted
      • U.S. Census Records
    • Smit-van der Heijden Line
      • Aid Given to People in Need
        • Aid to Escaped French POW’s
          • Four Sisters from Vorselaar
        • Aid to Dutch Jews
          • Address by Sjef van der Heijden Before Yad Vashem
        • Aid to Onderduikers and Engelandvaarders
        • Aid to Dutch Families
        • Aid to Allied Airmen
      • Members of the Smit-van der Heijden Line
        • Marechaussees in the Line
        • Civilians in the Line
          • Reunion in Baarle Nassau 1945
      • Connections to Other Escape/Intelligence Lines
      • Cafés, Hotels – Centers of Resistance Activity
      • Articles About the Line
        • Dutch and Belgian Heroism – Part I
        • Dutch and Belgian Heroism – Part II
      • Arrest, Prison, Concentration Camps
        • 1945 Letter to Bureau of Ex-Political Prisoners
        • 1945 Letter to Bureau Ex-Politieke Gevangenen
      • Recognition for Their Achievements
        • Recommendation for Citation – Karst Smit
        • Decorations Received by Karst Smit
        • Recommendation for Citation – Eugene Van der Heijden
      • Research Help Requests
        • Photograph Identification
        • Requests for Help in Dutch Publications
    • Schrynemakers Family in WWII
      • Arthur Schrynemakers’ Dossier
      • Himmler’s Arrest by Arthur Britton
    • WWII Escape and Evasion Topics
      • Crash Sites in Belgium
      • Dangerous Mistakes of Evading Airmen
      • Engelandvaarders
      • Escape Aids
        • Escape Aids – Box and Purse
        • Escape Aids – Cloth Maps
        • Escape Aids – German Propaganda Magazines
        • MIS-X: Secret Escape Aids for American POWs
        • Royal Air Force Escape Aids
      • Escape and Evasion Books
      • Escape and Evasion Instructions
      • Escape and Evasion Websites
      • Evasion Statistics – Airmen
      • German Agents Among Airmen
        • Ashbrook Questionnaire
      • The False Soir (Le faux Soir)
    • Interviews
      • Interview with Laurence W. “Bill” Bettinson, 3rd Radio Officer on the “Lisbeth”
      • Interview with Charlotte Ambach
      • Interview with Amanda Stassart
    • Govt. Reports
      • It’s the Little Things, Escape and Evasion During WWII
      • M.I.S.-X Manual on Evasion, Escape, and Survival
        • Evasion in Europe
        • Resisting Interrogation
        • Escape – Europe
        • Prisoner of War Camps
    • Personal Narratives
      • A Young Boy and the “Good” War
      • The “Delights” of German Occupation
    • Phantom Train
      • Allied Airmen on the Phantom Train
      • Minute-by-Minute Account of the Phantom Train
      • Report Concerning the Convoy of Sep. 3, 1944 at the Petite-Ile Station
      • Phantom Train Report by C. Lokker
      • List of Prisoners of Le Train Fantôme (Phantom Train)
      • Photographs of the Train
      • Photographs of the Antagonists
    • Dutch Helper List
      • Index to Dutch Helpers of Allied Personnel
        • Dutch Helper Names, AA to AVEZAATH
        • Dutch Helper Names, BAAK to BIERHOF
        • Dutch Helper Names, BIERHOF to BOUMA
        • Dutch Helper Names, BOUMA to BIJZITTER (BYZITTER)
        • Dutch Helper Names, CALS to CURFS
        • Dutch Helper Names, DAALE to DIJKSTRA
        • Dutch Helper Names, EBBINK to EYSINGA
        • Dutch Helper Names, FASSEN to FUST
        • Dutch Helper Names, GAAJETAAN to GIJZEN (GYJZEN)
        • Dutch Helper Names, HAAFTER to HEY
        • Dutch Helper Names, HEYBOER to HIJMANS (HYMANS)
        • Dutch Helper Names, IBELINGS to IMBOS
        • Dutch Helper Names, JAARSMA to JUTGENS
        • Dutch Helper Names, KAA to KWINT
        • Dutch Helper Names, LAAR to LEGGER
        • Dutch Helper Names, LEISINK to LIJSER (LYSER)
        • Dutch Helper Names, MAAL to MIJNHEER (MYNHEER)
        • Dutch Helper Names, NAAKTGEBOREN to NIJZINK (NYZINK)
        • Dutch Helper Names, OBBINK to OIJEN (OYEN)
        • Dutch Helper Names, PAAPST to PIJPERS (PYPERS)
        • Dutch Helper Names, QUANT to QUINT
        • Dutch Helper Names, RAA to RIJSWIJK (RYSWYK)
        • Dutch Helper Names, SAALMINK to SLEEUWENHOEK
        • Dutch Helper Names, SLEUTJENS to SZERKOWSKI
        • Dutch Helper Names, TACONIS to TIJTHOF (TYTHOF)
        • Dutch Helper Names, UBACHS to UIJTHOVEN (UYTHOVEN)
        • Dutch Helper Names, VAANDERING to VUYST
        • Dutch Helper Names, WAAL to WYTEMA
        • Dutch Helper Names, YPMA to YZERMANS
        • Dutch Helpers, ZAALBER to ZYTHOFF
      • Dutch Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
        • Dutch Cities: Aalst to Breda
          • Aalst and Waalre (near Eindhoven)
          • Almelo
          • Alphen
          • Amersfoort
          • Amsterdam
          • Apeldoorn
          • Baarle-Nassau
          • Beek
          • Beilen
          • Berlicum
          • Bladel
          • Borne
          • Boxtel
          • Breda
        • Dutch Cities: Chaam to Fijnaart
          • Chaam
          • Coevorden
          • Den Bosch (‘s-Hertogenbosch)
          • Den Haag (The Hague)
          • Deventer
          • Dinther
          • Dordrecht
          • Drachten
          • Eindhoven
          • Enschede
          • Erp
          • Esbeek and Hooge Mierde
          • Esch
          • Fijnaart
        • Dutch Cities: Gilze to Kampen
          • Gilze
          • Goirle
          • Groningen
          • Haaksbergen
          • Hardenberg
          • Hengelo
          • Heusden, Hedikhuizen, and Herpt
          • Hilvarenbeek and Biest-Houtakker
          • Hoogeveen
          • Hooghalen
          • Kaatshuevel
          • Kampen
        • Dutch Cities: Leiden to Oudenbosch
          • Leiden
          • Meppel
          • Middelbeers
          • Moergestel
          • Netersel
          • Nijmegen
          • Nijverdal (Nyverdal)
          • Oirschot
          • Oisterwijk
          • Oldenzaal
          • Oosterhout
          • Oudenbosch
        • Dutch Cities: Roosendaal to Utrecht
          • Roosendaal
          • Rosmalen
          • Rotterdam
          • Schijndel
          • Sliedrecht
          • Sprang-Capelle
          • Staphorst
          • Tilburg
          • Udenhout
          • Ulicoten
          • Urk
          • Utrecht
        • Dutch Cities: Vessem to Zwolle
          • Vessem
          • Vught
          • Waalwijk
          • Waspik
          • Well (near Heusden)
          • Wierden
          • Zeist
          • Zundert
          • Zutphen
          • Zwolle
      • Other Sources of Information on Members of the Resistance
    • BELGIAN HELPER LIST
      • Index to Belgian and Luxemburger Helpers of Allied Personnel
        • A-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, ABELOOS to AZEBA
        • B-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, BAAR-DURANT to BEAUPREZ
          • Belgian Helper Names, BEAURAIN to BEYNS
          • Belgian Helper Names, BEYTS-KINGSHOTT to BOREUX
          • Belgian Helper Names, BOREUX-MAHIANT to BRASSEUR
          • Belgian Helper Names, BRASSEUR to BYVOET-MARTENS
        • C-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, CABOLET to CHAIDRON
          • Belgian Helper Names, CHAIDRON to COENEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, COENEN to COUCKE
          • Belgian Helper Names, COUGNEAU to CYTE
        • D-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, DABE-BERIDEUX to DE BORGHRAEVE d’ALTENA
          • Belgian Helper Names, DEBORNONVILLE DEBOSKRE to DEFRATEUR
          • Belgian Helper Names, DEFRANCE to DELEU
          • Belgian Helper Names, DELEU to DEMEYRE
          • Belgian Helper Names, DE MILDER to DE ROUBAIX
          • Belgian Helper Names, DE ROUBAIX to DEVIGNE
          • Belgian Helper Names, DEVIJN to DOCHAU
          • Belgian Helper Names, DOCK to DUMON
          • Belgian Helper Names, DUMONT to DYKERS
        • E-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, EBEN to EZANNIC
        • F-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, FABER to FRAIPONT
          • Belgian Helper Names, FOUREZ to FYVART
        • G-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, GABAN to GHAYE
          • Belgian Helper Names, GHAYE to GOGNEAUX
          • Belgian Helper Names, GOGNEAUX to GYSSENS
        • H-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, HAACK to HENKEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, HENNAUT to HOYOUX
          • Belgian Helper Names, HOYOUX to HYZIEWICZ
        • I & J-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, IEVEN to JEGERS
          • Belgian Helper Names, JEHASSE to JUSTIN
        • K-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, KADDEN to KYSEN
        • L-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, LABAERE to LASSENCE
          • Belgian Helper Names, LATHOUWERS to LEJEUNE
          • Belgian Helper Names, LEJEUNE to LERUSTE
          • Belgian Helper Names, LERUTH to LONGVILLE
          • Belgian Helper Names, LONTIE to LYSEN
        • M-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, MAAS to MARNETTE
          • Belgian Helper Names, MARNETTE to MELEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, MELIN to MISSOTTEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, MISSOTTEN to MYSTEN
        • N-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, NABOR to NYSTEN
        • O-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, O to OYEN
        • P-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, PADUART to PENNINCK
          • Belgian Helper Names, PENNING to PISCART
          • Belgian Helper Names, PITERAERENS to PYRE
        • Q-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, QUAEDVLIEG to QUOITOT
        • R-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, RADELET to RIGA
          • Belgian Helper Names, RIGAUX to ROSE
          • Belgian Helper Names, ROSE to RYCKEN
        • S-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, SABBE to SCHROEDER
          • Belgian Helper Names, SCHROELL to SMOLDERS
          • Belgian Helper Names, SMOLDERS to STEYAERT
          • Belgian Helper Names, STEYAERT to SYS
        • T-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, TABURIAUX to TIMMERMANS
          • Belgian Helper Names, TIMMERMANS to TYZO
        • U-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, UBAIN to USE
        • V-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, VAEREWYCK to VANDENBOSCH
          • Belgian Helper Names, VANDENBOSCH to VANDERPLAETSEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, VANDERPOEL to VAN GOBELSCHROY
          • Belgian Helper Names, VAN GOETHEM to VAN MALDEREN
          • Belgian Helper Names, VAN MALDEREN to VAUCHOT
          • Belgian Helper Names, VAUTRIN to VERSCHUERE
          • Belgian Helper Names, VERSCHUREN to VYVERMANS
        • W-Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, WACHEZ to WIJNEN
          • Belgian Helper Names, WILLEME to WYTTINCK
        • X,Y,Z – Names
          • Belgian Helper Names, XHOARD to ZYDE
      • Belgian Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
        • Belgian Cities: Arendonk
        • Belgian Cities: Baarle-Hertog
        • Belgian Cities: Oud-Turnhout
        • Belgian Cities: Poppel
        • Belgian Cities: Ravels
        • Belgian Cities: Turnhout
        • Belgian Cities: Weelde
    • FRENCH HELPER LIST
      • French Helper Names: AARATHOON to ANSART
    • LUXEMBURGER HELPER LIST
    • Maps of Netherlands and Belgium 1940-45
      • 1938 Map of Tilburg to Weelde, Belgium
      • Belgium 1944 Map
      • Netherlands 1944 Map
    • Other Escape Lines
      • Map of Major Escape Routes Through France
      • List of French Escape Lines
      • Burgundy (Bourgogne) Line
      • Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète)
      • Dutch-Paris Line
      • Luctor et Emergo/Fiat Libertas
        • Airmen Helped by Fiat Libertas
        • Report by Secret Agent “Frans Hals” (Dignus “Dick” Kragt)
      • Marie-Claire Line
      • MNB (Belgian National Movement/Mouvement National Belge)
      • PAT (Pat O’Leary) Line
      • Possum Line
      • Service EVA
      • Shelburn (Shelbourne) Line
    • WWII Films, Documentaries
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
      • What Did My Father Do in the Resistance?
      • How Do I Learn About an Allied Airman Who Was Shot Down?
    • My Library
      • Air War
        • Anti-Aircraft
        • B-17′s
        • Luftwaffe
        • RAF
        • V-1 and V-2 Rockets
      • Belgium
      • Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Fifth Column
      • Channel Islands, Atlantic Wall
      • Collaboration
      • End of the War
      • Escape and Evasion
      • Forced Labor
      • France
      • Gibraltar
      • Heinrich Himmler
      • History of World War II
      • Holocaust, Concentration Camps
      • Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence, Espionage
      • Netherlands
        • Netherlands – Englandspiel
        • Netherlands – King Kong
      • Norway, Norwegian Ships, Navigation
      • Occupation of Europe
      • Prisoners of War
      • Prisons
      • Propaganda, Psychological Warfare
      • Pyrenees, Basques, St. Jean de Luz
      • Radar and Radio
      • Resistance
        • Phantom Train (Ghost Train)
      • Spain, Seville, Miranda de Ebro
      • Special Operations – SOE, OSS
      • Threats to Airmen: German Police
        • German Police – Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP)
        • German Police – Gestapo
        • German Police – Green Police
        • German Police – SS and SD
      • U-Boats, Convoys, Raiders
    • Personal Background
      • Contact
    • World War II Propaganda
    • World War II Belgium
    • World War II Airborne Forces
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