On 18 September, part of the cavalry in Hull was ferried over to Barton, and the rest under Sir Thomas Fairfax went by sea to Saltfleet a few days later, the whole joining Cromwell near Spilsby.
There remains a small Royal Air Forces Escaping Society Museum at the Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire and commemorative plaques sponsored by the RAFES at several locations including; the Royal Air Force Museum London, St Clement Danes Church and the Musée de l'Armée at the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris.
Soon after his release Dale was presented to the living of Sausthorpe-cum-Aswardby, near Spilsby, in 1881.