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Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
Following training, Sonya Butt parachuted into France on 5/28/44, 9 days before D-Day, to serve as a courier for the HEADMASTER circuit. She was an explosives expert and she trained Maquis resistance forces in demolitions. She survived WW2. She and her husband moved to Quebec and they raised 6 children.
Sonya Butt (D'Artois) died Dec 21, 2014. Her obituary can be found here. (2/2) -
May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 14, 1924: On this date, Sonya Butt was born in Eastchurch, Kent. She spent much of her childhood in France & was fluent in French.
At age 17, she joined the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and at age 19 she was recruited to the Special Operations Executive. During training she met & subsequently married Canadian SOE operative Guy D’Artois.(1/2)
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May 11, 1905: On this date future Special Operations Executive agent Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius. One of the first SOE female agents to be parachuted into occupied France in 1942, she served as courier & liaison officer for SOE's SCIENTIST circuit using the code names Odile & Marguerite. She armed & organized French resistance forces. She survived the war & her exploits were later recalled in the 2008 French film 'Les Femmes de l’ombre.'
#WW2 #SOE #FSection -
May 11, 1905: On this date future Special Operations Executive agent Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius. One of the first SOE female agents to be parachuted into occupied France in 1942, she served as courier & liaison officer for SOE's SCIENTIST circuit using the code names Odile & Marguerite. She armed & organized French resistance forces. She survived the war & her exploits were later recalled in the 2008 French film 'Les Femmes de l’ombre.'
#WW2 #SOE #FSection -
May 11, 1905: On this date future Special Operations Executive agent Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius. One of the first SOE female agents to be parachuted into occupied France in 1942, she served as courier & liaison officer for SOE's SCIENTIST circuit using the code names Odile & Marguerite. She armed & organized French resistance forces. She survived the war & her exploits were later recalled in the 2008 French film 'Les Femmes de l’ombre.'
#WW2 #SOE #FSection -
May 11, 1905: On this date future Special Operations Executive agent Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius. One of the first SOE female agents to be parachuted into occupied France in 1942, she served as courier & liaison officer for SOE's SCIENTIST circuit using the code names Odile & Marguerite. She armed & organized French resistance forces. She survived the war & her exploits were later recalled in the 2008 French film 'Les Femmes de l’ombre.'
#WW2 #SOE #FSection -
May 11, 1905: On this date future Special Operations Executive agent Lise de Baissac was born in Mauritius. One of the first SOE female agents to be parachuted into occupied France in 1942, she served as courier & liaison officer for SOE's SCIENTIST circuit using the code names Odile & Marguerite. She armed & organized French resistance forces. She survived the war & her exploits were later recalled in the 2008 French film 'Les Femmes de l’ombre.'
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Francine Agazarian suffered from survivor’s guilt about her husband's death. In 1967, she visited Flossenburg. Vera Atkins, a senior official of SOE, consoled and supported her with money for many years. She wrote to Atkins: "For many years I felt it was not right that I was alive. I should have gone when they did and in the same manner.” Francine Agazarian died on June 24, 1998 at the age of 85. (4/4)
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Francine Agazarian suffered from survivor’s guilt about her husband's death. In 1967, she visited Flossenburg. Vera Atkins, a senior official of SOE, consoled and supported her with money for many years. She wrote to Atkins: "For many years I felt it was not right that I was alive. I should have gone when they did and in the same manner.” Francine Agazarian died on June 24, 1998 at the age of 85. (4/4)
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Francine Agazarian suffered from survivor’s guilt about her husband's death. In 1967, she visited Flossenburg. Vera Atkins, a senior official of SOE, consoled and supported her with money for many years. She wrote to Atkins: "For many years I felt it was not right that I was alive. I should have gone when they did and in the same manner.” Francine Agazarian died on June 24, 1998 at the age of 85. (4/4)
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Francine Agazarian suffered from survivor’s guilt about her husband's death. In 1967, she visited Flossenburg. Vera Atkins, a senior official of SOE, consoled and supported her with money for many years. She wrote to Atkins: "For many years I felt it was not right that I was alive. I should have gone when they did and in the same manner.” Francine Agazarian died on June 24, 1998 at the age of 85. (4/4)
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Francine Agazarian suffered from survivor’s guilt about her husband's death. In 1967, she visited Flossenburg. Vera Atkins, a senior official of SOE, consoled and supported her with money for many years. She wrote to Atkins: "For many years I felt it was not right that I was alive. I should have gone when they did and in the same manner.” Francine Agazarian died on June 24, 1998 at the age of 85. (4/4)
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Jack Agazarian, however, returned to France in July, was later captured, imprisoned in solitary confinement at Flossenburg concentration camp, & executed by the Germans on March 29, 1945 at the age of 29. The collapse of the PHYSICIAN circuit (also called the PROSPER circuit based on Francis Suttill’s code-name) remains one of the most tragic and contested stories of SOE. Francine Agazarian survived the war & lived in London. (3/4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SOE%27s_Prosper_Network
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Jack Agazarian, however, returned to France in July, was later captured, imprisoned in solitary confinement at Flossenburg concentration camp, & executed by the Germans on March 29, 1945 at the age of 29. The collapse of the PHYSICIAN circuit (also called the PROSPER circuit based on Francis Suttill’s code-name) remains one of the most tragic and contested stories of SOE. Francine Agazarian survived the war & lived in London. (3/4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SOE%27s_Prosper_Network
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Jack Agazarian, however, returned to France in July, was later captured, imprisoned in solitary confinement at Flossenburg concentration camp, & executed by the Germans on March 29, 1945 at the age of 29. The collapse of the PHYSICIAN circuit (also called the PROSPER circuit based on Francis Suttill’s code-name) remains one of the most tragic and contested stories of SOE. Francine Agazarian survived the war & lived in London. (3/4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SOE%27s_Prosper_Network
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Jack Agazarian, however, returned to France in July, was later captured, imprisoned in solitary confinement at Flossenburg concentration camp, & executed by the Germans on March 29, 1945 at the age of 29. The collapse of the PHYSICIAN circuit (also called the PROSPER circuit based on Francis Suttill’s code-name) remains one of the most tragic and contested stories of SOE. Francine Agazarian survived the war & lived in London. (3/4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SOE%27s_Prosper_Network
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Jack Agazarian, however, returned to France in July, was later captured, imprisoned in solitary confinement at Flossenburg concentration camp, & executed by the Germans on March 29, 1945 at the age of 29. The collapse of the PHYSICIAN circuit (also called the PROSPER circuit based on Francis Suttill’s code-name) remains one of the most tragic and contested stories of SOE. Francine Agazarian survived the war & lived in London. (3/4)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SOE%27s_Prosper_Network
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Jack Agazarian was suspicious of the circuit’s air operations officer, Henri Déricourt, leading to a conflict with the circuit’s organizer, Francis Suttill, On the night of June 16, 1943, Francine & Jack Agazarian returned to England on a Lysander flight. It was fortunate timing as the Germans began arresting SOE agents in the circuit less than a week later (& Déricourt is widely believed to have been a double agent). (2/4)
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Jack Agazarian was suspicious of the circuit’s air operations officer, Henri Déricourt, leading to a conflict with the circuit’s organizer, Francis Suttill, On the night of June 16, 1943, Francine & Jack Agazarian returned to England on a Lysander flight. It was fortunate timing as the Germans began arresting SOE agents in the circuit less than a week later (& Déricourt is widely believed to have been a double agent). (2/4)
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Jack Agazarian was suspicious of the circuit’s air operations officer, Henri Déricourt, leading to a conflict with the circuit’s organizer, Francis Suttill, On the night of June 16, 1943, Francine & Jack Agazarian returned to England on a Lysander flight. It was fortunate timing as the Germans began arresting SOE agents in the circuit less than a week later (& Déricourt is widely believed to have been a double agent). (2/4)
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Jack Agazarian was suspicious of the circuit’s air operations officer, Henri Déricourt, leading to a conflict with the circuit’s organizer, Francis Suttill, On the night of June 16, 1943, Francine & Jack Agazarian returned to England on a Lysander flight. It was fortunate timing as the Germans began arresting SOE agents in the circuit less than a week later (& Déricourt is widely believed to have been a double agent). (2/4)
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Jack Agazarian was suspicious of the circuit’s air operations officer, Henri Déricourt, leading to a conflict with the circuit’s organizer, Francis Suttill, On the night of June 16, 1943, Francine & Jack Agazarian returned to England on a Lysander flight. It was fortunate timing as the Germans began arresting SOE agents in the circuit less than a week later (& Déricourt is widely believed to have been a double agent). (2/4)
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May 8, 1913: Future Special Operations Executive agent Francine Agazarian (née Andre) was born on this date in Narbonne, France. On the night of March 17, 1943 she was inserted into occupied France, delivered by Westland Lysander, landing in a farm field. She operated as a courier for the PHYSICIAN circuit (code name Marguerite). In an unusual arrangement, she worked in the same circuit as her husband Jack Agazarian, who was a radio operator. (1/4)
#WW2 #SOE #FSection
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May 8, 1913: Future Special Operations Executive agent Francine Agazarian (née Andre) was born on this date in Narbonne, France. On the night of March 17, 1943 she was inserted into occupied France, delivered by Westland Lysander, landing in a farm field. She operated as a courier for the PHYSICIAN circuit (code name Marguerite). In an unusual arrangement, she worked in the same circuit as her husband Jack Agazarian, who was a radio operator. (1/4)
#WW2 #SOE #FSection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Agazarian -
May 8, 1913: Future Special Operations Executive agent Francine Agazarian (née Andre) was born on this date in Narbonne, France. On the night of March 17, 1943 she was inserted into occupied France, delivered by Westland Lysander, landing in a farm field. She operated as a courier for the PHYSICIAN circuit (code name Marguerite). In an unusual arrangement, she worked in the same circuit as her husband Jack Agazarian, who was a radio operator. (1/4)
#WW2 #SOE #FSection
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May 8, 1913: Future Special Operations Executive agent Francine Agazarian (née Andre) was born on this date in Narbonne, France. On the night of March 17, 1943 she was inserted into occupied France, delivered by Westland Lysander, landing in a farm field. She operated as a courier for the PHYSICIAN circuit (code name Marguerite). In an unusual arrangement, she worked in the same circuit as her husband Jack Agazarian, who was a radio operator. (1/4)
#WW2 #SOE #FSection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Agazarian -
May 8, 1913: Future Special Operations Executive agent Francine Agazarian (née Andre) was born on this date in Narbonne, France. On the night of March 17, 1943 she was inserted into occupied France, delivered by Westland Lysander, landing in a farm field. She operated as a courier for the PHYSICIAN circuit (code name Marguerite). In an unusual arrangement, she worked in the same circuit as her husband Jack Agazarian, who was a radio operator. (1/4)
#WW2 #SOE #FSection
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April 30, 1899: Future Special Operations Executive operative Cecily Lefort was born on April 30, 1899 in Westbourne, London. She joined the SOE in 1943. Under the code name Alice, she served as a courier for the JOCKEY circuit in Nazi occupied France during WW2. She was arrested in September 1943 and executed May 1, 1945 at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was awarded the MinD and the French Croix de Guerre.
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April 30, 1899: Future Special Operations Executive operative Cecily Lefort was born on April 30, 1899 in Westbourne, London. She joined the SOE in 1943. Under the code name Alice, she served as a courier for the JOCKEY circuit in Nazi occupied France during WW2. She was arrested in September 1943 and executed May 1, 1945 at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was awarded the MinD and the French Croix de Guerre.
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April 30, 1899: Future Special Operations Executive operative Cecily Lefort was born on April 30, 1899 in Westbourne, London. She joined the SOE in 1943. Under the code name Alice, she served as a courier for the JOCKEY circuit in Nazi occupied France during WW2. She was arrested in September 1943 and executed May 1, 1945 at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was awarded the MinD and the French Croix de Guerre.
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April 30, 1899: Future Special Operations Executive operative Cecily Lefort was born on April 30, 1899 in Westbourne, London. She joined the SOE in 1943. Under the code name Alice, she served as a courier for the JOCKEY circuit in Nazi occupied France during WW2. She was arrested in September 1943 and executed May 1, 1945 at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was awarded the MinD and the French Croix de Guerre.
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April 30, 1899: Future Special Operations Executive operative Cecily Lefort was born on April 30, 1899 in Westbourne, London. She joined the SOE in 1943. Under the code name Alice, she served as a courier for the JOCKEY circuit in Nazi occupied France during WW2. She was arrested in September 1943 and executed May 1, 1945 at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was awarded the MinD and the French Croix de Guerre.
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April 28, 1912: On this date, future Special Operations Executive operative Odette Sansom (AKA Odette Hallowes) was born. She became a courier in the SPINDLE circuit in France.
She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive.
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In 1985, Wake published her autobiography, The White Mouse, the nickname given to her by the Gestapo for her elusiveness. Some of her wartime exploits cannot be independently verified and though she was one of the most decorated women who fought against the Nazis in WW2, her stories remain apocryphal. She died on August 7, 2011, at the age of 98. (7/7 finis)
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Aug 12/13, 1944: On this date Jedburgh team Aubrey parachuted into the Seine-et-Marne region east of Paris to assist the SPIRITUALIST network. The team consisted of 2 Brits, Captain Godfrey Marchant & Sgt Ivor Hooker, & 1 Frenchman, Captain J Chaigneau.