Phyllis Latour
Special Operations Executive agent (1921–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phyllis "Pippa" Latour MBE (8 April 1921 – 7 October 2023) was a South African-born agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents in France allied themselves with French Resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Latour worked as a wireless operator in Normandy from 1 May 1944 until August in the same year.
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Phyllis Latour | |
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Nickname(s) | Genevieve |
Born | (1921-04-08)8 April 1921 Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa |
Died | 7 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 102) West Auckland, New Zealand |
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Service/ | WAAF, Special Operations Executive, French Resistance |
Years of service | 1941–1944 |
Rank | Field agent |
Commands | Scientist |
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