FREE FRENCH AIRMAN HERO Corporal du Fretay of Free French Air Force receives British Empire Medal.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	5555
	Catalog #:	203133
	Clip Number:	203133-1
	Orginal Film:	41/39
	Timecode:	01:36:13 - 01:36:36
	Location:	England
	Year Shot:	1941 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CEREMONIES: Honors LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MILITARY: Air Force, British (RAF) MILITARY: Air Force, French WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Decorations
	Description:	"Free French Airman Hero". Various C/Us of Corporal du Fretay receiving the British Empire Medal from Air Marshal Pattinson. He is watched by comrades in the Free French Air Force. C/U of du Fretay wearing his medal. M/S of du Fretay on the shoulders of other Free French airmen. Du Fretay assembled his own aircraft secretly in a Brittany wood and escaped to Britain to train as a pilot with the RAF (Royal Air Force).

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