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Fred Gardiner - Film 1
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Fred Gardiner - Film 3
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Fred Gardiner - Film 4
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Fred Gardiner - Film 5
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Fred Gardiner - Film 6
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Fred Gardiner’s Lancaster bomber was shot down over occupied Belgium and surviving the drop he evades capture with the help of a local resistance network.
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Fred Gardiner
Fred Gardiner’s Lancaster bomber was shot down over occupied Belgium and surviving the drop he evades capture with the help of a local resistance network. In his film he details his incredible journey across Nazi occupied Belgium and France. He is eventually repatriated from France in an SOE Lysander flown by Hugh Verity, who also features in our archive.
