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• AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1939-1945: WESTLAND LYSANDER.

  part of "VERITY HUGH B (GROUP CAPTAIN)" (photographs) 1990-11

  Copy negative created from material lent to the museum. Subject covers: Lysander Mark IIIA (SD), V9673 'MA-J', of No.161 (Special Duties) Squadron RAF on the ground at Tempsford, Bedfordshire. This aircraft was flown by Squadron Leader Hugh Verity on...

• THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE EXHIBITION OR 'DEMONSTRATION ROOM' IN THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (STATION 15), LONDON DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  (photographs)

  Explosives Camouflage Section. A display showing methods of concealing explosives and ammunition in hollow bricks.

• THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE EXHIBITION OR 'DEMONSTRATION ROOM' IN THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (STATION 15), LONDON DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  (photographs)

  Far East Room. Display showing concealment of various materials in fake sugar beet and turnips.

• THE FRENCH RESISTANCE IN THE HAUTE-SAVOIE, FRANCE, AUGUST 1944

  part of "SPECIAL FORCES CLUB" (photographs)

  Captain John Roper of the SOE (Special Operations Executive), photographed in a wood near Savournon, soon after parachuting into the Haute Savoie region of France.

• THE FRENCH RESISTANCE IN THE HAUTE-SAVOIE, FRANCE, AUGUST 1944

  part of "SPECIAL FORCES CLUB" (photographs)

  Group of Maquis known as ‘the poachers’ near Savournon, Haute Savoie. Standing third and fourth from left are Captains John Roper and Robert Purvis of SOE (Special Operations Executive).

• THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CORMEAU Y (MRS)" (photographs)

  Lieutenant Colonel George Starr, ‘F’ Section SOE. Codenamed ‘Hilaire’, Starr was one of SOE’s most successful agents, and chief organizer of the ‘Wheelwright’ circuit.

• THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE IN FRANCE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "CORMEAU Y (MRS)" (photographs)

  Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs Yvonne Cormeau who served as as SOE Wireless Operator in France.

• SERVICE OF MAJOR DAVID SMILEY WITH THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) IN ALBANIA, 1943 - 1944.

  part of "SMILEY DAVID DE C (COLONEL)" (photographs) Made by: Smiley David

  Xhelal Staravecke shaking hands with Major Billy McLean at Shtylla, August 1943 during the first SOE mission to Albania. Behind them are Stilian and Stephan and, on the right, Major Peter Kemp.

• SERVICE OF MAJOR DAVID SMILEY WITH SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) IN ALBANIA, 1943 - 1944

  part of "SMILEY DAVID DE C (COLONEL)" (photographs) Made by: Smiley, D

  Portrait of Dule Bey Allemani, a tribal chief from Albania, holding a sten gun at Lure during the second SOE mission to Albania, July 1944.

• SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) AND SPECIAL FORCES AGENTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "DEPARTMENT OF DOCUMENTS VC-GC FILES/CARROLL F (WING COMMANDER)" (photographs)

  Hon. Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), George Cross, MiD, Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil. Noor Inayat Khan served as a wireless operator with F Section, Special Operations Executive.