Pierre Mairesse-Lebrun

Lebrun served as a captain in the 4th regiment Chasseurs de l'Afrique and was captured during the Fall of France.

[1] After a walk in the park all POWs gathered to be counted and be escorted back to the main castle.

Mairesse Lebrun and Lieutenant Pierre Odry used this opportunity to leave the group, and together they ran to the fence at the backside of the park.

The German guards were so stunned that they did nothing initially; when they recovered, they started shooting without success.

Still in his sports clothes, Lebrun hid in a field and via Switzerland reached Vichy France.