The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Forest of Freteval, France. April 1980. Noel Eliot stands at the probable site of the first camp in the forest where eventually 152 allied airmen were hiding waiting for liberation. The camps were part of the Comet (Comete) escape route set up by the Underground which included two camps in the Freteval Forest. Nine Australian airmen hid in this camp, including 415242 Flight Lieutenant Noel Stirling Eliot, pilot of No. 218 Squadron RAF, who had escaped by parachute from his Stirling bomber which was shot down on 1 May 1944 while on a bombing raid over the Chambly railway marshalling yards, north of Paris. (Donor N. Eliot)
Forest of Freteval, France. April 1980. The memorial commemorating the participation of the Underground in setting up two camps in the forest where eventually 152 allied airmen were hiding between May
Forest of Freteval, France. April 1980. Noel Eliot stands beside the memorial commemorating the participation of the Underground in setting up two camps in the forest where eventually 152 allied airme
Forest of Freteval, France. c. July 1944. Eight of the 152 allied airmen hidden in the forest, part of the Comet (Comete) escape route organised by the Underground which included camps in the Forest o
Vendome, France. April 1980. Noel Eliot (right) with three members of the French Underground who helped him escape in 1944 via the Comet (Comete) escape route, which included camps set up in the Fores
Bellande, France. April 1980. The farmhouse of Monsieur Fouchard where 415242 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Noel Stirling Eliot, Charles 'Jock' Weir, and 429068 Flying Officer (FO) Kevin John O'Neill (Ja
Therdonne, France. May 1944. The inside of the Carte D'Identite (identity card) provided for 415242 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Noel Stirling Eliot RAAF after being shot down on 1 May 1944. It identifi
