These are some of the men who helped downed airmen in Belgium in World War 2. The picture, reproduced by permission of Dirk Decuypere from his book "MISSING ABOVE FLANDERS", was kindly provided by Albert Demuyer whose father and uncle were both commanders in the Underground's "WHITE BRIGADE"

ABOVE: THE CITIES AND TOWNS LIBIBERATED BY THE CANADIANS

Above is the deportation card of Julius Demuyer, which certified him as part of the German "forced labour" workforce. Below are the names of some of the fighters in the Belgian underground movement.

MARCEL LOUETTE - FOUNDER AND LEADER OF THE WHITE BRIGADE FIDELIO FROM THE CITY OF ANTWERP. From a total of 3,750 men, the "WHITE BRIGADE" lost 400 through active war service. During the liberation of the harbour of Antwerp, the brigade worked with other underground groups (the Belgian Secret Army and Group G) but unfortunately the White Brigade got the blame for everything that went wrong in the Underground during the liberation of the city of Antwerp. Even while he was incarcerated in a German concentration camp, and right up to his death in 1978, Marcel Louette remained the symbolic leader of the Belgian Underground movement.