French Courage

In following the exciting political developments in Israel this week, I ran across a reference to probable Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu's late older brother, Colonel Yonitan Netanyahu. Col. Netanyahu led the famous raid on Entebbe that resulted in the rescue of over 100 Jewish hostages held by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Red Army Faction and the nightmarish regime of Idi Amin of Uganda.

Remembering that Col. Netanyahu was the only IDF fatality in that operation, I checked into the raid's entry at the invaluable Wikipedia site to refresh my memory of how he fell in battle. Like any good battle commander in such a situation, Netanyahu was to be the last man up the ramp and into the departing IDF planes, but was tragically killed at the last moment by a shot to the head from Ugandan "soldiers."

In running through the history of the raid, however, I came across the following which I had not previously known:

Upon the announcement by the captors that the crew and the non-Jewish passengers would be released and put on another Air France plane that was brought to Entebbe for that purpose, Flight 139 Captain Michel Bacos announced to the captors that all passengers, including the remaining ones, were his responsibility, and that he would not leave them behind. His entire crew, down to the most junior flight attendant, followed him of their own free will (upon their return to Paris, Bacos was reprimanded for this by his superiors at Air France, and suspended from duty for a period). A French nun also refused to leave, and insisted that one of the remaining hostages take her place, but was forced into the awaiting Air France plane by Ugandan soldiers.

Bacos and the unnamed nun could have taken the easy way out and instead showed true solidarity when everything was on the line.

If anyone can help me find out what happened to M. Bacos or the nun later in life, I would be most grateful.