 After spending the night in some woods, Philpot took the train to Küstrin and then onto Danzig.After almost giving himself away by falling off his case and swearing in English, his false papers were good enough to survive checking by a police officer.Arriving in Danzig less than 24 hours after escaping from Stalag Luft III, Philpot started to look for a neutral ship to carry him across the Baltic Sea to Sweden.