The memorial to the Maquis of the Vallèe d’Azurgues, at Guerry, Chamelet. Camp Desthieux created by Roger Chavanet (GUERIN) 1943. The story of the Maquis threads through the Ecrivelo Book, never far from the surface.
#historybookchat #ecrivelothebook #lifebehindbas #wwIihistory #lifebehindbars
#historybookchat #ecrivelothebook #lifebehindbas #wwIihistory #lifebehindbars
December 29, 2024 at 5:17 PM
The memorial to the Maquis of the Vallèe d’Azurgues, at Guerry, Chamelet. Camp Desthieux created by Roger Chavanet (GUERIN) 1943. The story of the Maquis threads through the Ecrivelo Book, never far from the surface.
#historybookchat #ecrivelothebook #lifebehindbas #wwIihistory #lifebehindbars
#historybookchat #ecrivelothebook #lifebehindbas #wwIihistory #lifebehindbars
Just a few more rides, a few more people to see and achieves to search …
It won’t be long before I divulge, exactly what happened.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet
It won’t be long before I divulge, exactly what happened.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet
December 7, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Just a few more rides, a few more people to see and achieves to search …
It won’t be long before I divulge, exactly what happened.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet
It won’t be long before I divulge, exactly what happened.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet
I was writing about the crash of an American B24 Liberator in France for my book Écrivélo. "the people of the village had collected the bodies together."
A grammar check has suggested that "The Village People had ...."
I think not.😬 #histbookchat #WWIIhistory
A grammar check has suggested that "The Village People had ...."
I think not.😬 #histbookchat #WWIIhistory
December 7, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I was writing about the crash of an American B24 Liberator in France for my book Écrivélo. "the people of the village had collected the bodies together."
A grammar check has suggested that "The Village People had ...."
I think not.😬 #histbookchat #WWIIhistory
A grammar check has suggested that "The Village People had ...."
I think not.😬 #histbookchat #WWIIhistory
Post 3/5 #Écrivélo
Picken was one of several crew hospitalised after the crash, later held as a POW. After the war he settled in North Arm Cove, Australia. He died there on 1 October 2003. No children.
His relatives have shared photographs — they'll appear properly in Écrivélo.
Picken was one of several crew hospitalised after the crash, later held as a POW. After the war he settled in North Arm Cove, Australia. He died there on 1 October 2003. No children.
His relatives have shared photographs — they'll appear properly in Écrivélo.
August 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Post 3/5 #Écrivélo
Picken was one of several crew hospitalised after the crash, later held as a POW. After the war he settled in North Arm Cove, Australia. He died there on 1 October 2003. No children.
His relatives have shared photographs — they'll appear properly in Écrivélo.
Picken was one of several crew hospitalised after the crash, later held as a POW. After the war he settled in North Arm Cove, Australia. He died there on 1 October 2003. No children.
His relatives have shared photographs — they'll appear properly in Écrivélo.
Leçon, comme toujours avec des souvenirs vieux de quatre-vingts ans : ne jamais se fier à une seule
source. Tout recouper.
Un odontologue légiste m'a aidé à confirmer, au-delà du doute, que Panton et Lockart n'étaient
qu'une seule personne. L'histoire complète est dans Écrivélo
#Écrivélothebook
source. Tout recouper.
Un odontologue légiste m'a aidé à confirmer, au-delà du doute, que Panton et Lockart n'étaient
qu'une seule personne. L'histoire complète est dans Écrivélo
#Écrivélothebook
August 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Leçon, comme toujours avec des souvenirs vieux de quatre-vingts ans : ne jamais se fier à une seule
source. Tout recouper.
Un odontologue légiste m'a aidé à confirmer, au-delà du doute, que Panton et Lockart n'étaient
qu'une seule personne. L'histoire complète est dans Écrivélo
#Écrivélothebook
source. Tout recouper.
Un odontologue légiste m'a aidé à confirmer, au-delà du doute, que Panton et Lockart n'étaient
qu'une seule personne. L'histoire complète est dans Écrivélo
#Écrivélothebook
At around 9:30 29 December 1943 the Germans arrived here in the hamlet of La Chapelle - Jean Marie Sonnery, mayor of Chamelet was arrested. #lifebehindbars #ecrivelo
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
December 19, 2024 at 7:15 AM
At around 9:30 29 December 1943 the Germans arrived here in the hamlet of La Chapelle - Jean Marie Sonnery, mayor of Chamelet was arrested. #lifebehindbars #ecrivelo
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
Memorial to The Worry Bird - an American carpetbagger delivering equipment to the Free French Forces April 1944 - 5 crew killed, 1 severely injured and taken POW and 2 evaded and made it back to the UK. For the FULL story #ecrivelothebook #ecrivelo #lifebehindbars
February 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Memorial to The Worry Bird - an American carpetbagger delivering equipment to the Free French Forces April 1944 - 5 crew killed, 1 severely injured and taken POW and 2 evaded and made it back to the UK. For the FULL story #ecrivelothebook #ecrivelo #lifebehindbars
Post 5/5 #HistoricalInvestigation
We believe Sutton may have died in the West Country — unconfirmed. If you know more, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.
More on the Admiral Prune crew, and getting their stories right, in Écrivélo.
We believe Sutton may have died in the West Country — unconfirmed. If you know more, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.
More on the Admiral Prune crew, and getting their stories right, in Écrivélo.
August 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Post 5/5 #HistoricalInvestigation
We believe Sutton may have died in the West Country — unconfirmed. If you know more, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.
More on the Admiral Prune crew, and getting their stories right, in Écrivélo.
We believe Sutton may have died in the West Country — unconfirmed. If you know more, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.
More on the Admiral Prune crew, and getting their stories right, in Écrivélo.
CHARLES ARSÉNE MARIZY was the shortest serving mayor in Chamelet’s history - just 57 days.
In Écrivélo- I have written a lot about his successor, his life, short period as Mayor and death in a Nazi Concentration Camp.
In Écrivélo- I have written a lot about his successor, his life, short period as Mayor and death in a Nazi Concentration Camp.
November 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
CHARLES ARSÉNE MARIZY was the shortest serving mayor in Chamelet’s history - just 57 days.
In Écrivélo- I have written a lot about his successor, his life, short period as Mayor and death in a Nazi Concentration Camp.
In Écrivélo- I have written a lot about his successor, his life, short period as Mayor and death in a Nazi Concentration Camp.
On 19th December 1943 - 81 years ago at around 6:30am. This place the Cazaban barn at Le Cocon was destroyed by the Occupying forces of Nazi Germany. The maquis had already fled to St Cyr.
#historybookchat ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/ #lifebehind bars #jean-marie-sonnery
ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/?fb...
#historybookchat ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/ #lifebehind bars #jean-marie-sonnery
ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/?fb...
Le Cocon – The Écrivélo Files
answering the question of the exact loaction of the Cocon where the Maquis hid immediatlyu prior to,the arrest of Mayor Sonnery on 19th December 1943
ecrivelo.eu
December 19, 2024 at 7:17 AM
On 19th December 1943 - 81 years ago at around 6:30am. This place the Cazaban barn at Le Cocon was destroyed by the Occupying forces of Nazi Germany. The maquis had already fled to St Cyr.
#historybookchat ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/ #lifebehind bars #jean-marie-sonnery
ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/?fb...
#historybookchat ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/ #lifebehind bars #jean-marie-sonnery
ecrivelo.eu/le-cocon/?fb...
Part 5
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
August 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Part 5
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
An inspection panel from the Mosquito recovered when it crashed in the Fôret du Brou in July 44.
In my book Écrivélo, I discuss the Saucepans for Spitfires campaign of the 1940’s and why the scheme went full circle in this part of France.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
In my book Écrivélo, I discuss the Saucepans for Spitfires campaign of the 1940’s and why the scheme went full circle in this part of France.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
December 8, 2024 at 8:18 PM
An inspection panel from the Mosquito recovered when it crashed in the Fôret du Brou in July 44.
In my book Écrivélo, I discuss the Saucepans for Spitfires campaign of the 1940’s and why the scheme went full circle in this part of France.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
In my book Écrivélo, I discuss the Saucepans for Spitfires campaign of the 1940’s and why the scheme went full circle in this part of France.
#histbookchat #WWIIhistory #chamelet #ecrivelothebook
Le frère de Colin s'appelait Alastair Panton, pilote de Bristol Blenheim au sein du 53 Squadron en
1940 aux côtés du Sergeant John Christie, témoin de l'avancée allemande en Belgique.
Ses mémoires, Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, m'ont guidé pour retracer leurs parcours dans
Écrivélo
#BatailleDeFrance
1940 aux côtés du Sergeant John Christie, témoin de l'avancée allemande en Belgique.
Ses mémoires, Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, m'ont guidé pour retracer leurs parcours dans
Écrivélo
#BatailleDeFrance
August 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Le frère de Colin s'appelait Alastair Panton, pilote de Bristol Blenheim au sein du 53 Squadron en
1940 aux côtés du Sergeant John Christie, témoin de l'avancée allemande en Belgique.
Ses mémoires, Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, m'ont guidé pour retracer leurs parcours dans
Écrivélo
#BatailleDeFrance
1940 aux côtés du Sergeant John Christie, témoin de l'avancée allemande en Belgique.
Ses mémoires, Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer, m'ont guidé pour retracer leurs parcours dans
Écrivélo
#BatailleDeFrance
Colin Panton's grave once carried a different name — he enlisted under an alias, only untangled by
police after the war.
His own brother wrote a memoir of their RAF days. He knew the truth. Never wrote it.
A forensic odontologist helped close the case. Full story in Écrivélo.
#WW2History
police after the war.
His own brother wrote a memoir of their RAF days. He knew the truth. Never wrote it.
A forensic odontologist helped close the case. Full story in Écrivélo.
#WW2History
August 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Colin Panton's grave once carried a different name — he enlisted under an alias, only untangled by
police after the war.
His own brother wrote a memoir of their RAF days. He knew the truth. Never wrote it.
A forensic odontologist helped close the case. Full story in Écrivélo.
#WW2History
police after the war.
His own brother wrote a memoir of their RAF days. He knew the truth. Never wrote it.
A forensic odontologist helped close the case. Full story in Écrivélo.
#WW2History
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo saw their last view of England along this coast — though
not exactly here.
Three aircraft. Three nights, months apart. Each one crossing into total blackout, guided by nothing
but stars.
not exactly here.
Three aircraft. Three nights, months apart. Each one crossing into total blackout, guided by nothing
but stars.
August 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo saw their last view of England along this coast — though
not exactly here.
Three aircraft. Three nights, months apart. Each one crossing into total blackout, guided by nothing
but stars.
not exactly here.
Three aircraft. Three nights, months apart. Each one crossing into total blackout, guided by nothing
but stars.
The RAF Bomber Command Memorial stands above Beachy Head — where bombers crossed into
total blackout, guided by stars alone.
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo made that same crossing. Eighteen young men. Eleven
never came home.
#BomberCommand
total blackout, guided by stars alone.
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo made that same crossing. Eighteen young men. Eleven
never came home.
#BomberCommand
August 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The RAF Bomber Command Memorial stands above Beachy Head — where bombers crossed into
total blackout, guided by stars alone.
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo made that same crossing. Eighteen young men. Eleven
never came home.
#BomberCommand
total blackout, guided by stars alone.
The three crews at the heart of Écrivélo made that same crossing. Eighteen young men. Eleven
never came home.
#BomberCommand
#Écrivélo
Les trois équipages au cœur d'Écrivélo ont vu l'Angleterre pour la dernière fois le long de cette côte
— sans passer exactement ici.
Trois avions. Trois nuits, à des mois d'écart. Chacun plongé dans un black-out total, guidé par les
seules étoiles.
Les trois équipages au cœur d'Écrivélo ont vu l'Angleterre pour la dernière fois le long de cette côte
— sans passer exactement ici.
Trois avions. Trois nuits, à des mois d'écart. Chacun plongé dans un black-out total, guidé par les
seules étoiles.
August 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
#Écrivélo
Les trois équipages au cœur d'Écrivélo ont vu l'Angleterre pour la dernière fois le long de cette côte
— sans passer exactement ici.
Trois avions. Trois nuits, à des mois d'écart. Chacun plongé dans un black-out total, guidé par les
seules étoiles.
Les trois équipages au cœur d'Écrivélo ont vu l'Angleterre pour la dernière fois le long de cette côte
— sans passer exactement ici.
Trois avions. Trois nuits, à des mois d'écart. Chacun plongé dans un black-out total, guidé par les
seules étoiles.
Part 5
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
August 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Part 5
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
The name may be familiar for another reason: after the war, Pierre Belvès became a well known French children's book illustrator, working for years on the Père Castor series at Flammarion. More in my book, Écrivélo.
Find out about the lifes work of Pierre at lescouleursdepierrebelves.fr
26 May 1940: Dunkirk's beaches full of men waiting for boats.
Days earlier, a Flight Sergeant jumped from a train at Étaples. Concussed, no money, 31 km to Boulogne. Someone got him on one of the last ships out.
Four years on, he was navigating an aircraft over Ternand.
🚴♂️ #Ecrivelo
Days earlier, a Flight Sergeant jumped from a train at Étaples. Concussed, no money, 31 km to Boulogne. Someone got him on one of the last ships out.
Four years on, he was navigating an aircraft over Ternand.
🚴♂️ #Ecrivelo
May 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
26 May 1940: Dunkirk's beaches full of men waiting for boats.
Days earlier, a Flight Sergeant jumped from a train at Étaples. Concussed, no money, 31 km to Boulogne. Someone got him on one of the last ships out.
Four years on, he was navigating an aircraft over Ternand.
🚴♂️ #Ecrivelo
Days earlier, a Flight Sergeant jumped from a train at Étaples. Concussed, no money, 31 km to Boulogne. Someone got him on one of the last ships out.
Four years on, he was navigating an aircraft over Ternand.
🚴♂️ #Ecrivelo
His name is Roger Chavanet.
He survived. He walked again. He kept leading his group from a house in a hamlet called Dième — hidden with his wife Marguerite and their 18-month-old daughter.
Three months later, he would witness something in these hills.
Full story in Écrivélo — the book. 🚴♂️
He survived. He walked again. He kept leading his group from a house in a hamlet called Dième — hidden with his wife Marguerite and their 18-month-old daughter.
Three months later, he would witness something in these hills.
Full story in Écrivélo — the book. 🚴♂️
April 22, 2026 at 10:19 AM
His name is Roger Chavanet.
He survived. He walked again. He kept leading his group from a house in a hamlet called Dième — hidden with his wife Marguerite and their 18-month-old daughter.
Three months later, he would witness something in these hills.
Full story in Écrivélo — the book. 🚴♂️
He survived. He walked again. He kept leading his group from a house in a hamlet called Dième — hidden with his wife Marguerite and their 18-month-old daughter.
Three months later, he would witness something in these hills.
Full story in Écrivélo — the book. 🚴♂️
Something in the archives about the 1944 Worry Bird crash doesn't match the official record.
It'll take careful writing to do it justice.
That's what the book is for. 🚴♂️
#Ecrivelo #WW2 #HiddenHistory
It'll take careful writing to do it justice.
That's what the book is for. 🚴♂️
#Ecrivelo #WW2 #HiddenHistory
March 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Something in the archives about the 1944 Worry Bird crash doesn't match the official record.
It'll take careful writing to do it justice.
That's what the book is for. 🚴♂️
#Ecrivelo #WW2 #HiddenHistory
It'll take careful writing to do it justice.
That's what the book is for. 🚴♂️
#Ecrivelo #WW2 #HiddenHistory
A field near Mâcon. Codenamed AIGLE. On 7/8 Aug 1944, two Americans who survived a B-17 crash in the Rhône walked across it and boarded a Hudson home.
The note describing it ended: note de Londres.
#WWII #Resistance #Ecrivelo
The note describing it ended: note de Londres.
#WWII #Resistance #Ecrivelo
March 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A field near Mâcon. Codenamed AIGLE. On 7/8 Aug 1944, two Americans who survived a B-17 crash in the Rhône walked across it and boarded a Hudson home.
The note describing it ended: note de Londres.
#WWII #Resistance #Ecrivelo
The note describing it ended: note de Londres.
#WWII #Resistance #Ecrivelo
ecrivelo.eu/lackey3a/
A series of stories and biographical sketches exploring the lives of those who stand at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book.
#lifebehindbars #ecrivelo
A series of stories and biographical sketches exploring the lives of those who stand at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book.
#lifebehindbars #ecrivelo
Lackey 3A – The Écrivélo Files
How the SOE drop site LACKEY 3A near Lyon was created by Capt J.E. Lesage and Lt Alcide Beauregard “Cyrano,” the Canadian agent later executed at Montluc Prison in 1944.
ecrivelo.eu
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ecrivelo.eu/lackey3a/
A series of stories and biographical sketches exploring the lives of those who stand at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book.
#lifebehindbars #ecrivelo
A series of stories and biographical sketches exploring the lives of those who stand at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book.
#lifebehindbars #ecrivelo