Escape from occupied Europe

20th September 1941: Free French RAF pilot spots fugitives in the Channel

A high-speed launch of the R.A.F. ‘Navy’, which goes to the rescue of crews of both R.A.F. and enemy aircraft brought down in the sea. On this occasion they picked up a small boat of refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.

René Mouchotte had escaped from France to join the Free French and was to become the most senior French officer in the RAF before his unt…