March 7, 1944. WWII.Escaping the Germans

March 7, 1944 evening

General Yeager’s words: I’m in hiding during the day in the basement of the house in Casteljaloux. You have to go to the back of the house to get in. Not comfortable in the middle of town.

Rumors are neighbors have turned in neighbors in this town. Wonder what they would do if they knew they had an Allied pilot in their midst.

At night, a couple of men take me to a farm on the road to Houilles where I spend a week with a young couple with a young son named Jean age 6. It’s off the beaten path. The house is beyond some tall hedges and fairly far in from the road.

Again, I sleep in the barn. I feel less uncomfortable – I’m in the woods – my natural habitat – where there are many places to escape and hide.

c. GCYI