Georges Bégué
English/French espionage agent (1911–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georges Pierre André Bégué[1][2][3] (22 November 1911 – 18 December 1993),[4] code named Bombproof, was a French engineer and agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine organization, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE in France, occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II, was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance. SOE agents allied themselves with French Resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.
Georges Bégué | |
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Nickname(s) | Bombproof |
Born | (1911-11-22)22 November 1911 Périgueux, France |
Died | (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
Allegiance | France/United Kingdom/United States |
Service/ | Special Operations Executive, |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Unit | Autogiro |
Bégué was the first of 470 SOE F (France) Section agents infiltrated into France. He was a wireless operator. He proposed the use of BBC to transmit coded messages to resistance groups in Europe, a practice which became ubiquitous. He also arranged for the first of many thousands of airdrops of supplies and arms to resistance groups in France. He was captured by the French police in October 1941. He escaped from prison in 1942 and returned to the United Kingdom.