Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld

[pardus]

Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who has died aged 88, escaped from Occupied France to join the Special Operations Executive (SOE); parachuted back on sabotage missions, he twice faced execution, only to escape on both occasions, once dressed as a Nazi guard.

born September 16 1923, died May 8 2012

 

[CDG]

Wow, that is a helluva life! RIP Count Rochefoucauld.

 

[Dame]

Pardus, I saw this announcement last week and was just amazed. Truly a hero.

En route to his execution in Auxerre, La Rochefoucauld made a break, leaping from the back of the truck carrying him to his doom, and dodging the bullets fired by his two guards. Sprinting through the empty streets, he found himself in front of the Gestapo’s headquarters, where a chauffeur was pacing near a limousine bearing the swastika flag. Spotting the key in the ignition, La Rochefoucauld jumped in and roared off, following the Route Nationale past the prison he had left an hour earlier.

 

[RackMaster]

RIP Count!

 

[ÉIREGOBRÁCH1922]

May He Rest In Peace!

 

[Red Flag 1]

Rest In God's Peace Count, a truer Warrior.

 

[Gypsy]

Another Warrior has left us...RIP.

 

[HoosierAnnie]

Allez avec le bon Dieu M le Compte.

 

[Muppet]

R.I.P.

F.M.

 

[sfmike]

RIP Hero!