 The second group of Black, Houghton, Smith, Chudley, Curtis, Abram and Makeham, took the southern route.The second group were discovered by the Germans who opened fire, wounding Houghton in the right arm; surrounded, they were forced to surrender.The O'Brien group split up, Granlund setting off by himself; they eventually reached Sweden without further incident and all four were repatriated by aircraft to RAF Leuchars.