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Input Aircraft
Aircraft	Database entry
Fokker G-1	G-1
Fokker D.21	D-XXI
Douglas D8	D8
Fokker C.5	C-V
Fokker T-8	T-8
Arado 66	Ar 66
Messerschmitt 109	Bf 109
Messerschmitt 262	Me 262
Dakota (RAF)	Dakota
C-47 (USAAF)	C-47
Fotress (RAF)	Fortress
B-17 (USAAF)	B-17
DeHavilland Moth	D.H.60
Fieseler Storch	Fi 156
Focke Wulf 200	Fw 200

Input Date
Date	Database entry
22nd June 43	22-06-43
15th October 42	15-10-42
5th March 43	05-03-43

Input Unit
Unit	Database entry
all on KG 4	/KG 4
all on JG 1	/JG 1
4FG/335FS	/335FS
all on 106 Sqdn	106 Sqdn
91BG/323BS	323BS
1 Lvr	1 Lvr

Evader chart: E0514
SGLO	Date crash	Aircraft
T3715	25-05-44	Halifax
MilRank	First Name(s)	Name
Sgt.	William John	Christie
Milregnr.	Nationality	Born
651450	British

Returned Y/N	Evader Fate	Date Captured/Liberated	Place Captured/Liberated	Escape Line
No	EVD-POW	27 Jun 44	Antwerp, Belgium	-

Evader Story
Sgt. William John (Johnny) Christie was the mid upper gunner of Halifax HX320 that was shot down by a German night fighter in the early hours of May 25, 1944. The whole crew bailed out in time and Christie came down near Lieshout. After his landing, he tucked away his parachute first and then decided to hide himself for a while. After dawn he managed to contact the local resistance and was taken to a house in a small forest. Here Christie was united by fellow crewmember F/Sgt. R.E. (Bob) Stubbs (E0517), the rear gunner. They hid in this house until June 4 when Sgt. (Wachtmeester) Jan Bode of the Marechaussee (Dutch Military Police) escorted the two airmen to the town hall of Lieshout. Here they were put in a prison cell but later that day, Bode took the airmen to the Otten family at the Kerkstraat 6 in Erp. They stayed here, in the so called Pyama House, for two days. On June 6, both airmen were cycled to Dinther, escorted by Antoinette and Harrie Otten. At the Zuid-Willemsvaart they were handed over to Cor van Laanen from Dinther. Not much is known about their further journey but they probably went to Sprang-Capelle to cross the border into Belgium. Stubbs was made prisoner in Wuustwezel on June 26 while Christie was arrested in Antwerp on June 27, 1944.
* Frans Govers, Pyama-House. Ontdekkingsreis door het uitgebreide netwerk van de pilotenhulp tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1943-1944 (Uden 1992), page 85-87 * NIMH, The Hague, List 'Ondergedoken piloten te Erp (Fam. Otten)'

Evader Story

						Sgt. William John (Johnny) Christie was the mid upper gunner of Halifax HX320 that was shot down by a German night fighter in the early hours of May 25, 1944. The whole crew bailed out in time and Christie came down near Lieshout. After his landing, he tucked away his parachute first and then decided to hide himself for a while. After dawn he managed to contact the local resistance and was taken to a house in a small forest. Here Christie was united by fellow crewmember F/Sgt. R.E. (Bob) Stubbs (E0517), the rear gunner.

They hid in this house until June 4 when Sgt. (Wachtmeester) Jan Bode of the Marechaussee (Dutch Military Police) escorted the two airmen to the town hall of Lieshout. Here they were put in a prison cell but later that day, Bode took the airmen to the Otten family at the Kerkstraat 6 in Erp. They stayed here, in the so called Pyama House, for two days. On June 6, both airmen were cycled to Dinther, escorted by Antoinette and Harrie Otten. At the Zuid-Willemsvaart they were handed over to Cor van Laanen from Dinther. Not much is known about their further journey but they probably went to Sprang-Capelle to cross the border into Belgium. Stubbs was made prisoner in Wuustwezel on June 26 while Christie was arrested in Antwerp on June 27, 1944.

Source(s)

* Frans Govers, Pyama-House. Ontdekkingsreis door het uitgebreide netwerk van de pilotenhulp tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1943-1944 (Uden 1992), page 85-87
* NIMH, The Hague, List 'Ondergedoken piloten te Erp (Fam. Otten)'

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