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  1. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection #Maquis

    theguardian.com/world/2015/jan

  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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection #Maquis

    theguardian.com/world/2015/jan

  3. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection #Maquis

    theguardian.com/world/2015/jan

  4. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection #Maquis

    theguardian.com/world/2015/jan

  5. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection #Maquis

    theguardian.com/world/2015/jan

  6. 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)

    #SOE #WW2 #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Bu

  7. 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)

    #SOE #WW2 #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Bu

  8. 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)

    #SOE #WW2 #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Bu

  9. 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)

    #SOE #WW2 #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Bu

  10. 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)

    #SOE #WW2 #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Bu

  11. 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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_de_ 

  12. 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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_de_ 

  13. 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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_de_ 

  14. 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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_de_ 

  15. 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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_de_ 

  16. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

  17. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

  18. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

  19. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

  20. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

  21. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

  22. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

  23. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

  24. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

  25. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline

  26. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aga

  27. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aga

  28. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aga

  29. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aga

  30. 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)

    #WW2 #SOE #FSection

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Aga

  31. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine

  32. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine

  33. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine

  34. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine

  35. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine

  36. May 8, 1926: On this date, Noreen Riols was born. She served as a decoy honeytrap to Special Operations Executive agents in training to see if they would spill their secrets.

    #WW2 #SOE #HoneyPot

    themoth.org/storytellers/noree

  37. May 8, 1926: On this date, Noreen Riols was born. She served as a decoy honeytrap to Special Operations Executive agents in training to see if they would spill their secrets.

    #WW2 #SOE #HoneyPot

    themoth.org/storytellers/noree

  38. May 8, 1926: On this date, Noreen Riols was born. She served as a decoy honeytrap to Special Operations Executive agents in training to see if they would spill their secrets.

    #WW2 #SOE #HoneyPot

    themoth.org/storytellers/noree

  39. May 8, 1926: On this date, Noreen Riols was born. She served as a decoy honeytrap to Special Operations Executive agents in training to see if they would spill their secrets.

    #WW2 #SOE #HoneyPot

    themoth.org/storytellers/noree

  40. May 8, 1926: On this date, Noreen Riols was born. She served as a decoy honeytrap to Special Operations Executive agents in training to see if they would spill their secrets.

    #WW2 #SOE #HoneyPot

    themoth.org/storytellers/noree

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    Unisex nokamüts, millel on reguleeritav rihm ja mugav puuvillane materjal. Telli see talvemüts täna tasuta tarnega. tootemaailm.ee/soe-nokamuts-ko #nokamüts #soe #kõrvaklapid #talvemüts #unisex

  42. May 1, 1908: Krystyna Skarbek born on this date in Warsaw. After Germany invaded Poland, she volunteered to work for British intelligence. Recruited into the Special Operations Executive, she was given the pseudonym Christine Granville which she used the rest of her life. Among other commendations, she was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, the George Medal for Special Services, the Order of the British Empire & the badge of the French Resistance.

    #WW2 #SOE #Poland
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna

  43. May 1, 1908: Krystyna Skarbek born on this date in Warsaw. After Germany invaded Poland, she volunteered to work for British intelligence. Recruited into the Special Operations Executive, she was given the pseudonym Christine Granville which she used the rest of her life. Among other commendations, she was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, the George Medal for Special Services, the Order of the British Empire & the badge of the French Resistance.

    #WW2 #SOE #Poland
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna