René Dhaille was involved in finding lodgings for evading airmen, as well as feeding, clothing & transporting them. He did not personally house them as German officers were billeted on him. A local café was used as a meeting place.

On 21st January 1944, Dr. Beaumont of Warloy-Baillon brought four airmen to Contay: Carlyle Darling, Robert Deghetto, Alden Faudie (USAAF) & John Watlington (RCAF). Darling & Deghetto were housed with Mme. Colombe Magniez, Faudie & Watlington with Mme. Puchois. Watlington stayed for about a week, then left for Paris - to Charles Ramsay, 47 rue Dulong. Robert Ramsay, his son, may have escorted him. On 12th February 1944, Dr. Beaumont conveyed and sheltered Deghetto & Darling at his home in Warloy-Baillon. Faudie moved on to stay with Georges Briet, also of Contay, where he may have remained for as long as two months. According to Mme. Delacroix, Michèle Magniez then took Faudie to Amiens, but Dhaille states that a M. Hurtel of Toutencourt (~5 kms N. of Contay) sheltered him.

A 2nd group comprising Leroy Goswick, Frank McDonald, Edward DeCoste & Frederick Kelly (USAAF) received help for 6 weeks during March/April 1944. McDonald confirmed this in a postwar letter. Their aircraft, a Liberator, was hit by AA fire over Abbeville & came down near Talmas (~15 kms N. of Amiens) on 2nd March 1944. Four of the crew perished in the crash; the surviving four were found by Julien Hecquet of Contay, who fed and sheltered them for one night. Dhaille took them to the home of Mme. Colombe Magniez from 5th March until 1st April & then to Pauline Delplanque's (née Couvreur). At 17:00 on 12th April 1944, Dhaille & Lucien Delacroix, with Leonard Roussel acting as liaison, took the airmen to Herbuterne & handed them over to Eliane Méplaux. According to Kelly, two other US airmen were also in the party - Edward O'Leary and Donald Girard of the 384 BG / 544 BS. The six were taken to Paris and then Bordeaux, by the sister and nephew of Mme. Méplaux. It had been agreed that if the airmen successfully returned, they would send a message by the BBC. On 18th April 1944, the following message was broadcast:

"Message pour ma tante Pauline, bien arrivée, les 4 garçons du Piccadilly vont bien"

However, only Sgt. Kelly made it back

On 14th April 1944, Leonard Cox (RCAF) was driven by René Blot from Marie Martigne in Amiens to Mme. Pauline Delplanque in Contay, where he spent one night. Gaillet claims that he, Martigne and Jean Secq arranged the transport (a truck), but it is not clear if they accompagnied Cox and Blot.

René Dhaille claimed that he was denounced by René Blot as he was going to fetch Leonard Cox. He was arrested, by the Feld-Gendarmerie, at 18:00 on 15th April 1944, at the Café de Lys d'Or, place Parmentier, Amiens & taken to Gestapo headquarters in Amiens. There he was shown photographs of the four airmen - Goswick, Kelly, McDonald & DeCoste. He was transferred to the Citadel, then on 8th June 1944 to Compiègne. On 5th July 1944, he arrived at Dachau. On 22nd July 1944, he was transferred to Natzweiler-Struthof and assigned to the Neckargerach kommando. He was repatriated on 29th April 1945. As a result of his deportation, he lost an eye & suffered from spinal problems.