Description
RAF Escaping Society FDC signed by several WW2 resistance heroes including legendary guide and cross border smuggler Florentino Goikoetxea, plus Kattalin Aguirre (French Basque widow who helped escapers near the French/Spanish border), Michelle Dumon (Michou), Comet line guide Yvonne Lapeyre and a couple of other who we cannot identify. Finally, signed by the legendary Pat O'Leary, the creator and commander of the O'Leary Line
Florentino Goikoetxea (Goicoechea, Goikoetxe) (1898–1980) was a Basque who worked for the Comet Escape Line during World II. A smuggler by profession, he guided more than 200 Allied airmen shot down in occupied Belgium and France over the Pyrenees mountains to neutral Spain from where they could be repatriated to the United Kingdom. He was honored with the George Medal from the United Kingdom and the Legion of Honor from France
