The Great Escape (Part 5)

Monday, May 11, 2020

We left off in the first week of September 1963 with MK fugitives Arthur Goldreich and Harold Wolpe in protective custody at Francistown Prison, where they were eagerly awaiting the prospect being airlifted to Tanganyika (Tanzania) by Bechuanaland Safari Airways pilot Nash.

This was in the aftermath of the August 29, 1963 bombing of East Africa Airways Dakota VPKJT at Francistown Aerodrome, which had been chartered by the ANC to evacuate the pair and other political refugees to Dar-es-Salaam.

On the morning of their anticipated departure, Wolpe decided to get in touch by phone with Nash’s boss in Lobatse, Captain Bartuane, who bluntly informed him that: “I don’t know anything about this arrangement”.

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The Great Escape (Part 5)

We left off in the first week of September 1963 with MK fugitives Arthur Goldreich and Harold Wolpe in protective custody at Francistown Prison, where they were eagerly awaiting the prospect being airlifted to Tanganyika (Tanzania) by Bechuanaland Safari Airways pilot Nash.