Micheline Dumon
Belgian resistance fighter
Micheline Aline Dumon (20 May 1921 – 16 November 2017), (code names Lily and Michou), was a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II with the Comet Line (Réseau Comète). Her surname often appears misspelled as "Dumont" in historical sources. She was awarded the British George Medal and United States Medal of Freedom for helping allied airmen shot down over Belgium and France evade capture and imprisonment by Nazi Germany. As a member of the Comet Line, founded by Andrée de Jongh, she aided in the escape of more than 250 allied airmen. She guided downed airmen from Belgium and France to the border of neutral Spain from where they could be repatriated to Great Britain.
Dumon, despite her youth, was one of the Comet Line's most experienced and longest-serving members. In 1944, she unmasked a German infiltrator, Jacques Desoubrie, who had been responsible for the arrests of many Comet Line members. She became known to the Gestapo and fled to England, where she remained until the end of the war.
The Comet Line
Dumon was in nursing school in August 1942 when her father Eugene, mother Marie (code name "Francoise"), and younger sister Andrée (code name "Nadine") were arrested by German security forces and imprisoned. "Nadine" was an important member of the Comet Line, being the principal courier between Brussels and Paris.
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