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Escape from Germany Opens Buckingham Palace Meeting
A Royal Flying Corps lieutenant recounts his perilous escape from Belgium and Germany to Holland and then Rotterdam. He describes Dutch aid, internment realities, a London return, and a landmark audience with King George V at Buckingham Palace, marking a remarkable wartime twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Rottterdam
Rotterdam
Belgium
Ghent
Mery
Einhoffen
America
England
AST
Antwerp
Neutraity
Germany
France
O’brien
Pat O'Brien
Leftenant
P. A. ‘O'Brien
Royal Flying Corps
Regent's Palace Hotel
London
Buckingham Palace
Earl Cromer