"I was a crew member of a B-17 shot down on 8 July 1944 at Ronchois par Gaillefontaine, S.I. near Neufchatel. I was helped immediately by Albert Bienaimé (?). I stayed at his house at Ronchois for 5 days. Maquis forces then came nd took me to Toupray, where I stayed with them for about 7 weeks, until Canadian troops arrived at this vicinity on about 30 august. I was sent by them to Bayeux and from there by plane to UK.

When I arrived at Toupray, I met Lt Joseph C. Dick of Rd#1 Graham Road, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, RAF officer John Thoroughgood and another US pilot (Mustang) with a name which sounded like “John Shannock”. I subsenquently lost track of these people, but after I joined allied troops I met my pilot, Lt Sabin, who is now in England.

While at Toupray, I stayed several times at the home of Emile Seliel (Source pronounces this “SOULIER” but insists on the above spelling). He lived close to where I was staying. "