Private Papers of Flight Officer C P Cornioley CBE

Papers, in French (1941 - 1978) relating to her wartime service with SOE's F Section networks STATIONER and WRESTLER (MARIE) including her identity card in a false name; original versions of messages sent and received by the WRESTLER network (July - September 1944); documents relating to her husband, Lieutenant Henri Cornioley, and his service with the same networks; a file of correspondence and other papers relating to the PROSPER network, including a warrant for the arrest of various agents (August 1943); letters from Professor Balachowsky and other former agents giving details of their experiences before and after arrest with references to work in the Dora V2 tunnels and Buchenwald concentration camp; documents relating to the betrayal of agents and to Gustave (Guy) Bieler of the MUSICIAN network; a dossier on Jacques Meggle, accused of betrayal; papers relating to former members of the resistance, especially of F Section networks and particularly of the WRESTLER (MARIE) circuit with detailed lists, and questionnaires concerning operations; membership recrods for the federation Natinale Libre resistance (Amicale Buck); and papers relating to an official history of resistance in the Indre department.

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