Stettin GermanyWalter landed about 159 metres from “Nordgarden” farm and hid his Mae West and chute under stocks
He walked a few hundred metres away from the farm and rested for ½ an hour. After rest he headed north to the village of Ordrup. Outside the village he dug into a haystack and lay there resting.
At eight a`clock in the morning he approached the nearby farmhouse. He received a warm welcome by the owners Leo and Ester Larson. Ester made him a fine breakfast while Carl called a friend and asked him to come over right away. After breakfast Ester attended to Walter`s leg which was hurting and then put him to bed. After about two hours Ester came to the room yelling Nazis, Nazis !!. Walter got out of bed and followed Leo out back and was told to hide in 200 litres drum lying in the long grass. After a while a group of German soldiers arrived and searched the house and buildings without finding Walter. When the Germans had left Leo motioned Walter to come to the house again. The same thing happened several times during the day and when Leo left to meet Carl, Walter chose to stay in the barrel until he came back. Carl spoke English and told Walter that they would go by bicycle to Ringsted and then by train to København. In København he was taken to a apartment belonging to Anker Jacobsen where he was given clothes which fitted perfectly. Here he met the well known resistance fighters Jørgen Haagen Schmidt known as “Citronen” and Bent Faurschou Hviid known as “Flammen”.
>P>In the afternoon he was moved to a flat belonging to Mrs. Annie Jacobsen in Kanslergade 16 where he would stay until 20/8. On the afternoon of 18/8 Walter was taken for a drive around town in “Citronen`s” stolen Opel Kapitän.On 20/8 Walter was moved to another flat by “Flammen” and “Citronen” who during the next couple of days took him around town. On the afternoon Walter was moved to the Bomhoff mansion. On 25/8 Budd was brought to the house and after 45 minutes they were taken to the harbour and put on a coal ship.
After landing Budd hid his chute, harness and Mae West and stayed in a small wood until daylight when he walked to Tølløse and Roskilde where he contacted a farmer in the eastern outskirts. The farmer brought in Danish officials who took Budd to Roskilde where he received medical attention. He stayed in a safe house until 21/8 when he was taken by car to København where he stayed until 25/8 and meet Walter.
On 25/8 they were escorted to the docks and put in a coal boat that should take them to Sweden. Apparently there was something wrong with the boat and they stayed there for another day until they were transferred to another boat where they met with W/O Rafter
They arrived in Malmø on 27/8 and contacted the British Consul the day after. On 29/8 they were sent to Stockholm where Wiens arrived a couple of days later. Apparently he had walked to Helsingør where the group “Speditørerne” had taken care of him and sent him to Sweden via København.
On 3/9 Walter and Rafter flew to Leuchars in civilian Mosquito aircraft G-AGKO operated by B.O.A.C.
On 8/9 Budd and Wiens were also sent back to England.(Source AIRWAR OVER DENMARK)
M.I.9. Secret Document
RAF Evaders, The Comprehensive Story of Thousands of Escapers and Their Escape Lines, Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Oliver Clutton-Brock, page 406
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