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OBITUARY – Life Friend and Veteran, Stanley Booker
OBITUARY – Life Friend and Veteran, Stanley Booker

. Stan was a wartime Halifax navigator serving with the RAF when he was shot down in France in...

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80th anniversary of secret German weapons tests in Poland that were supposed to change the fate of WW2.ountering V-weapons
80th anniversary of secret German weapons tests in Poland that were supposed to change the fate of WW2.ountering V-weapons

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Redevelopment of 64 Baker Street approved – but with important SOE heritage condition.
Redevelopment of 64 Baker Street approved – but with important SOE heritage condition.

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Unveiling of information board commemorating SOE’s Special Training School (STS 3) in Liss, Hampshire
Unveiling of information board commemorating SOE’s Special Training School (STS 3) in Liss, Hampshire
  • June 22, 2024
  • 10:30
  • Riverside Walk, Liss, Hampshire - by the railway station.
Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel 
Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel 
  • June 18, 2024
  • 10:30
  • De Gaulle statue, Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA.
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
  • May 6, 2024
  • 11:00
  • F Section Memorial, Carr Bénévent,
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
  • May 5, 2024
  • 16:00
  • Quai de l'Île Marin, Romorantin-Lanthenay

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“Looking at her life through the prism of the war really helps us understand who she was, and to make sense of what she did later on,” said Hanna Diamond, a professor of French history at Cardiff University and the author of Josephine Baker’s Secret War, which is published on Tuesday. “The war was so important; it’s the missing piece of her puzzle. She [Baker] was amazingly well equipped to be a spy; a performer, through and through. Her motivation came from the huge debt she felt to France, which had made her a star – and it had its roots in the racism she grew up with.”
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Artifact of the Week: Les Marguerites Fleuriront ce Soir Painting This painting portrays Virginia Hall, a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), in the early morning hours, radioing London from an old barn near Le Chambon sur Lignon to request supplies and personnel. Power for her radio was provided by a discarded bicycle rigged to turn an electric generator – the clever invention of one of her captains, Edmund Lebrat. Using codes such as “Les marguerites fleuriront ce soir” (the daisies will bloom tonight), Hall was apprised of what airdrops to expect from London and when. For her efforts in France, OSS chief General Donovan personally awarded Virginia Hall a Distinguished Service Cross – the only one awarded to a civilian woman during World War II. Hall later worked for the CIA, serving in many capacities as one of CIA’s first female operations officers. Although our museum is not open to the public, we regularly share new artifacts to give you a virtual peek inside. Learn more. https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/les-marguerites-fleuriront-ce-soir/ #Museum #AOTW
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/