Antoine d'Ursel dating history

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Count Antoine d'Ursel (1896–1943), code named Jacques Cartier, was a member of the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War. From February to June 1943, he led the Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète). The Comet Line, made up of thousands of civilian volunteers, helped Allied airmen shot down over Nazi-occupied Europe to evade capture and return to Britain via Spain. D'Ursel left the leadership of Comet and went into hiding to avoid being captured by the German occupiers of Belgium. In December 1943, d'Ursel drowned in the Bidasoa River on the border of Spain and France. He was attempting to cross the river to meet with British officials in Spain to gain support for a new escape line he planned to lead.