James Dykes was Radio Operator on B-24 #42-7484, shot down over Belgium on return from the Frankfurt mission on 29 January 1944. Evaded capture (EVD)-Prisoner of War (POW). After landing in parachute near Waterloo, he was helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance (Comet evasion network) and sheltered in many places in Belgium, including Brussels. Guided outside Brussels at the beginning of June, he stayed hidden for three weeks in Herfelingen, near Enghien. Arrested there on 27 June 1944, he was detained for five weeks in the Saint-Gilles Prison in Brussels. Dykes was among the 40+ Allied prisoners and hundreds of Belgian civilians who had been put on a train for deportation to Germany. Thanks to the actions of Belgian Railways workers, the train never left Belgium (the “Ghost Train” episode) and Dykes was among those who met British troops liberating the city on 3 September 1944. He was flown back to England on 6 September 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1592. For much more details about his evasion and the people who helped him, see his page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fdykesjr.html