“I wish to inform you of the death of my father, Paul F. Shipe, who died in January. Dad was a quiet man who rarely spoke of his adventures during the war. He saw much suffering. An example of this was the time a Belgian family were killed because of their aid to American airmen. Once in a while though, Dad related his experiences with much animation. We could tell that he had been profoundly affected by all that had happened to him. “When I saw Anne Brusselmans on ‘I've got a Secret’ I knew she had written a book about the underground but it has been banned in the United States” he told his family. Anne Brusselmans had written to the producers of the TV show that her secret was she had helped hundreds of American soldiers during the war. Gary Moore and the producers asked her to come to New York City to appear on the show and to remember the names of five soldiers she had helped. Dad was one of them she remembered. So, he went to New York and was on live TV. I can't remember the year. It may have been 1958 or 1959. He was such a special person. We all miss him greatly.”


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Wiel Curfs interview d.d. 11-11-2017
Joop Geijseninterview op DVD “Onderaards in oorlogstijd” van J. Silvertant, 2007, deel 1
Joop Geijsen“Oorlogsduet tussen Zuid en Noord”, 1992, pagina 52-61
Ron Pütz “Duel in de wolken”, 1994, pagina 58
Martin Middlebrook“The Schweinfurt Regensburg Mission”, 1983, pagina 191
Paul F. ShipeNational Archives, Escape and Evasion report E&E 237
I’ve got a secretAmerikaanse TV-show d.d. 12-10-1958
Jeanne MayanAir Forces Escape and Evasion Society, vol. 6, nr. 3, page 8, October 1992
MACR Missing Air Crew Report MACR 661