![Article in Le Courrier de Mantes](http://www.seconde-guerre-mondiale.com/jpg/courrier-de-mantes-1944-11-08-450.JPG) |
English translation:
Wednesday,
November 8, 1944
A GOOD PATRIOT
Four airmen that came
down from a American airplane that was badly
hit by the flak landed in our region last
June 24 around 17.30. One was made prisoner
near Aubergenville railway station, the
second one was never found; the third, W.F.
Giffhohn was greeted by an inhabitant of
Epône, Mr Nestor Lambin who offered him
hospitality for the night. Only listening to
his patriotic duty, Mr Lambin, despite the
terrible threat of the Gestapo, comforted
the Sammie, gave civilian clothes and
early in the morning took him to the “route
de Quarante-Sous”*, from where he probably
manage to get back to his base near Caen by
hitch hiking!
“Route de
Quarante-Sous” is the nickname of a main
road in the Epône area. Workers who built that road
were paid 2 francs per day (1 sous = 5
centimes; 40 sous = 2 francs)
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