The Écrivélo Files

Journeys Through War-Torn Europe by Bike.

New website opening

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Today is a great day: Welcome to the newly designed website. In this new and fresh repository you will soon find all of our stories.  Those that where on our previous site, plus a whole lot more. We also thought, what a great opportunity for a whole new look. So, as[...]
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Six weeks of Blenheim Summer

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Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer Whilst researching the "Brechin War Hero" story I stumbled across an absolute gold mine. A book written by Alastair Dyson Panton and bought to life by his granddaughter Victoria Panton Bacon. Alastair Panton, was the pilot of the Bristol Blenheim on reconnaissance duties when it was[...]
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Hold the Front Page!

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Really pleased to see the article in Le Progres our local paper about our quest to discover more about the Mosquito in the Forest. The article follows up on a visit in early September from Régis Bernard, a reporter with the paper. Over all, pretty pleased with the text. Unfortunately,[...]
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Inspection Covers

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In June I reported the find of two metal circular discs. These were reportedly from the Mosquito DZ636, that crashed in the hills above Ternaud in 1944. It appears, from examination that these discs are definitely from the Mosquito, a fact confirmed by the Curator in the Archives of the[…]

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Two Saucepan Lids!

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Today I received text from my friend who has been helping me in this project. J’ai un morceau du Mosquito It appears that these two pieces of metal are from the wreckage of the Mosquito and were retrieved by a relative of a local Mayor. The small bakerlite plate on the[…]

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Lancaster – Reaping the Whirlwind

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Lancaster: Reaping the Whirlwind Written in English by Martin A. Bowman. This book details the Lancaster s history from 1942 through to  1945, this study brings everything together to tell a concise history of one of the world's most famous aircraft. A superlative and unique colour section of over fifty contemporary[...]
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Witness Report of Maquis Azergues

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Histoire vécue des maquis de l'Azergues This book is written by Roger CHAVANET a member of the Resistance under the code name Guerin.He was born in TROYES on April 30, 1915 and at the age of 16 he came to live with his uncle in LYON and work in the city.[...]
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What I experienced Resistance

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Ce que j'ai connu de la Résistance Written by Marcel Chadebech – ex Commandant Carron of the Maquis (resistance) in the Valley d’Azergues. This book, in French details the activities of Commandant Carron in Lyon and the surrounding area. Having narrowly escaped arrest on many occasions he  left Lyon in[...]
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