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Renault exploded. He jumped up shouting violently. ‘In God’s name why have you come back here?’ And for a few moments there was an ugly scene as...

On Friday, 15th May 1942, Renault left Paris with his personal radio operator Robert Delattre from Gare Montparnasse bound for Lorient on the 9:25...

Next morning, the 14th May 1942, Girard took the map to Berthelot’s apartment on the Boulevard Flandrin, but despite his diplomatic past,...

Mike, When I noticed the goal post in your photo and you supplied the town of Ballendstedt for the Squadron's last wartime location in Germany, I...

Hi Mike, I think I have it... here Two of the five houses on the eastern side of the soccer pitch. Regards, Pat

Hi Stephen, I presume you have the extracts here. I'll keep an eye out for the full diary. Regards, Pat

Hi Mike, My guess is this photo was taken in Germany at the end of the War or even later during occupation duty. Do you know where the 24th...

In wartime, the Paris Express departed the Gare Centrale at Caen punctually at 6pm. On that same evening, 13th May 1942, the map began it’s...

Marcel Girard arrived in Caen from Le Mans on the 5:30pm train on Wednesday, 13th May 1942 with no knowledge of Duchez’s coup with the Todt map....

Now came the second part of Duchez’s endeavor; how to safely remove the map from behind the mirror. He duly reported on Monday, 11th May at 8:30...

In Paris during this same period of early May 1942, Renault had other worries besides Girard’s new ‘Centurie’ network in Caen. Subsol, the radio...

Still dazed from the possibilities, Duchez saw Schnedderer replace the top map from the pile, push the maps to the left hand corner of his desk...

Hi Glyn, Kile's statement for the MACR of C-47 43-15101 dated 14th June is here on Fold3. Doesn't give much info on where he landed though,...

Major Schnedderer is described as being ‘a bald, powerfully built man with a thick crease of duelling scar on his right cheek.’ Wearing the...

Hi Glyn, Any chance of a higher resolution copy of the ground photo? I don't think its the one in the extract from frame 1028 of sortie...

Despite these successes, Girard and Meslin were all too painfully aware of the overall slow rate of progress. Most of the intelligence gathered to...

Meanwhile, Leonard Gille, the recruiting officer for the new ‘Centurie’ network had gone to a small, cramped studio off the rue Geole. He was...

The pigeon in question was found in the marshes north of Bayeux by two workmen. Within German occupied France in that spring of 1942, possession...

Hi Glyn, The following ties show the long shed and red/blue gate piers still in place: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I would wonder if the damage to the...

I had a look at the Saint Germain church in Bretteville L’Orgeulleuse and was surprised to see it's tower and steeple appears to have survived the...