Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society

AIR FORCES ESCAPE AND EVASION SOCIETY (AFEES)

The Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society (AFEES) is an organization of American airmen shot down during WWII who escaped or evaded capture by the Germans, their helpers,  family members, and friends of AFEES.  It also includes some POWs.

It holds an annual reunion and welcomes new members.  Below is the table of contents of its website.  Each listing below will link the viewer to the corresponding page of the website.  Note that when you click on a page, the page heading in the display of page headings in upper part of the screen will be italicized and in red.  For example, AFEES Contents of Website.

• About Us
• AFEES 2019 Reunion
• AFEES Book About AFEES
• AFEES Book “Stepping Stones to Freedom”
• AFEES Books by AFEES Members
  • “Adjutants Call” by Paul E. Kenney
  • “Code Burgundy: The Long Escape” by John Katsaros
  • “In the Shadow of the Swastika” by Hendrik van Remmerden
  • “The Long Return” by Bob Porter
  • “The Road Home” by Anne Jacobson Robertson
  • “The World War II Years of Marguerite” by Marguerite Fraser née Brouard
  • “They Helped Me Escape, From Amsterdam to Gibraltar, 1944” by Clayton David
• AFEES By-Laws
• AFEES Contacts
• AFEES Contents of Website
• AFEES Current Events
  • AFEES Member Activities
  • AFEES Organization News
  • Air Shows and Tours
  • National Archives Focused on WWII
  • New Escape and Evasion Books
  • Reports from Other Escape and Evasion Organizations
  • Requests for Research Help
• AFEES Donations
• AFEES Escape and Evasion Speech 2019 Reunion
• AFEES EVADE! dvd; interviews
• AFEES History
• AFEES In Memoriam/Obituaries
  • Airmen
  • Helpers
• AFEES Member Stories Database
• AFEES Membership – How to Join
• AFEES Membership Lists
  • AFEES Membership Directories
  • AFEES Membership List of 1993
  • AFEES Membership List of 2006
• AFEES News Reports
• AFEES Newsletter Archive
  • Index to Newsletters
    • Index to Evaders and POWs
    • Index to Helpers
    • Index to Place Names
    • Index to Other Subjects
• AFEES Officers
• AFEES Reunions
  • List of Past Reunions
  • Photos and Videos of Past Reunions
  • Why Reunions Matter
• AFEES T-shirts for Sale
• AFEES Unit Contacts
• AFEES Website
  • Contents of Website
  • New Website Features
  • Webmaster
• “Behind the Wire – Allied Airmen in Captivity in Germany“
• Commemorative Organizations
  • Caterpillar Club
  • History of the Winged Boot
• Conditions in Nazi-Occupied Europe
  • Belgian Humor Under the German Heel 
  • Blackout Regulations
  • Fortress Flying
  • Nazi Warning to Helpers of Airmen
• Equipment Used by Evading Airmen
  • Escape Aids
  • False ID Used by Airmen and Helpers
  • Lessons in Escape and Evasion
  • Memphis Belle
  • Parachutes in World War II
  • Photos of B-17 and B-24
• Escape and Evasion Research
  • Air Force Academy Library Holdings
  • December 31, 1943 8th AF Bombing Mission Over Southwest France
  • Dit is Mijn Vader!
  • Eighth Air Force
    • Eighth Air Force in World War II
    • Eighth Air Force Historical Society
    • National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force
    • A Tour of the Eighth Air Force Control Tower
  • Escape and Evasion Air War Symposium
  • Escape and Evasion Articles
    • “‘Evader’ Author Recalls Days of World War II”
    • “Escape Artists”
    • “Friends & Allies”
    • “From American Airman to Polish Infantryman”
    • “House of Alphonse” and “Operation Bonaparte”
    • “Mission Number Thirty-Three”
    • “Saludo a la Bandera”
    • “Shot Down” by Steve Snyder
    • “Unique Group of Survivors”
    • “WWII Soldiers Get Chance to Thank Rescuers”
    • “WWII Veterans Honor Croatian”
  • Escape and Evasion Book List
  • Escape and Evasion Reports at the National Archives
  • Escape and Evasion Websites
  • Escape Route Maps
  • National Personnel Records Center Fire
  • Phantom Train (Nazi Ghost Train)
  • POW Camps in WWII
  • Requesting Official Military Personnel Files and Other Sources
  • U.S. Airfields in the U.K.
  • War Graves
  • WWII Veterans’ Oral Histories
• Humor and Air Force Band Concerts
  • Armed Services Humor
  • U.S. Air Force Band Concerts
• Memoirs From WWII
  • “A Trip Back in Time” by Col. Frank Alfter, USAF (Ret)
  • “A Young Boy and the ‘Good’ War” by Edouard Reniere
  • “Colditz in Close-Up” by Robin Charteris
  • “Escape Over the Pyrenees” by Catherine Ramognino Thorpe
  • “Military Transport” by Joe Owens
  • 1st Lt. Alfred M.L. Sanders’ Story
  • Charlotte Ambach Interview
    • Airmen Helped by Charlotte Ambach
    • Embroideries and Handicrafts Made by Prisoners Awaiting Execution
    • Decorations and Awards Received by Charlotte Ambach
  • Evasion of Lt. Russel Weyland; Memoirs of Helper Maurice Costa
  • “Downed in Yugoslavia”, the story of Joe M. Randerson
  • “Mission to Bucharest: Overdue on Return” by Richard Bodwell
• Recognition for WWII Service
  • AFEES Congressional Gold Medal
    • Congressional Supporters of U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Act
  • OSS Congressional Gold Medal Act
• Reunions and Memorials
  • AFEES Flag at WWII Commemorations
  • AFEES Operation Home Run
  • Helper/Airmen Reunions
  • Memorials to Allied Airmen in WWII
  • Memorial to Comete Line Helpers
  • Newsletters by Other E&E Organizations