Bruno Gimpel SOE

[John Robertson]

Can anyone help with following request

I am a professor of History at the University of Delaware (USA) (Greek-Roman History/archaeology and World War II). My wife, Mary is a graduate student here. She is researching and writing her thesis on a XV USAAF crew of a B-24 shot down on July 20, 1944 near Treviso, Italy. Three of the crew were killed, two made POW and five escaped. Those five spent 58 days being passed from one partisan group to another along the Italian and Yugoslav rat lines. To this end, she is trying to locate Mr. Bruno Gimpel. If possible (with Mr. Gimpel's permission, of course) we would like to contact him about conducting an interview.

We look forward to hearing from you and thanks in advance for any help you might provide.

Regards, Steve Sidebotham
E-mail ses@UDel.Edu

 

[geronimo]

have past request onto somone who knows abit about the crash and knows of bruno

 

[geronimo]

there is a docu around which was made for british tv where gimpel is interveiwed, its on operation tombola and he features alot in it. was screened on yesterday channel about 6 months ago

 

[micky]

Hello John, Bruno is a friend of mine, he's still alive in Milan, as i know he spent his wartime as helper of Mike Lees on Reggio Emilia's appennines. Are you sure the B-24 went down near treviso? I know that another bomber went down not far from Lees's base, and some of the crewmen was rescued by the SAS of Tombola.

 

[Matte Incerti]

Micky is right. Bruno Gimpel was never in Treviso in war time but was in Appenines area. He is a good friend of mine to.