John Morris & Mrs. Jacqueline de Blanc (1947)

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Title

John Morris & Mrs. Jacqueline de Blanc (1947)

Description

Photograph of Pilot Officer John Morris with Mrs. Jacqueline de Blanc (Jacqueline Brook) together in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario) holding a silk escape map. John Morris was hidden at the home of Jacqueline Brook (Mrs. de Blanc), her mother and sister at Melun, Seine-et-Marne. The women, risking reprisals by the Gestapo, took the airman into their home, where they kept him hidden for four days despite day and night visits by the Germans.

Date

Identifier

022.010.019

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Extent

8 x 10 in (203 x 254mm)

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