Free French Airman Hero

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
41/39
Date Released
15 May 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
Air Marshal Pattinson presents British Empire Medal to Corporal du Fretay who assembled his own aircraft secretly in a Brittany wood and escaped in it to Britain.
Keywords
Military; Awards and honours
Length of story (in feet)
31
Story extras:
Film clip
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British Pathe Ltd
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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'Free French Airman Hero', Pathe Gazette Issue No. 41/39, 15 May 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/98767 (Accessed 29 May 2025)