An Irish World War II veteran has been reunited with the Italian family who helped him escape the Nazis from behind enemy lines in 1945.
Group Captain John Hemingway spent the war as a fighter pilot in the British Royal Air Force and was dramatically shot down in the final weeks of the war.He owes his survival to the bravery of a young Italian girl who led him to safety in one of the most extraordinary acts of courage in a conflict not short of acts of heroism.nursing home in Foxrock in South Dublin, Mr Hemingway was reunited in June with the the young girl's family after a gap of 79 years.
As the plane hurtled towards earth, Mr Hemingway bailed out, his parachute opened and he descended safely onto the ground. The following day, Mr Hemingway was taken to another farmhouse where his fate was discussed in typical Italian fashion, with plenty of passionate gesticulation. Eventually, they made it to another farmhouse and Carla, her mission completed, bade him farewell and disappeared. The pair never met again.
Growing up, other children were told tales about Hansel and Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood before bed. Ms Volpi’s mother preferred to tell her about the handsome young airman who had crashed from the sky one day and then cunningly escaped the Nazis.“It was the most wonderful story,” Ms Volpi said.On a grey Dublin day, the pair arrived at Mr Hemingway’s nursing home in Foxrock and were ushered into his room by his son Brian and an Italian translator.
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