The Archive · 1941

Escaped in Home-Built Plane

Corporal Maurice Halna clu Fretay now a member of the Free French Air Force, being chaired by his comrades after he had bees with the British Empire Medal (Military Division). He built his own plane in Brittany concealing it by day with twigs. When it was ready, he flew it to Britain, risking discovery by the Germans and anti-aircraft fire from the British, Bespectacled and showing traces of being overworked, Mr, Fox saw a rumper of newspapermen here yesterday, but pointed out that he wae not to be quoted and declined to make any comments on the work of the fund committee, He would mot comment on the state of the finances of China it was learned, until he had made an exhaustive study of the whole question,

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