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Odette and Peter Churchill were nearly undone in late 1942, when a French Resistance contact named Carte was tasked with finding an out of the way landing area near Arles, in southeastern France. It was supposed to be suitable for the night time landing of a modified Hudson bomber, that was to whisk Peter Churchill and four French generals back to Britain, for an SOE meeting.
Peter Churchill’s works are then compared to those of other novelists of his time, uncovering a range of connections with other related authors and literary genres. After the war, Churchill was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre; his wife Odette, who worked with him as an underground courier during the war, was the first woman to receive the George Cross.
Of Their Own Choice. Of Their Own Choice is a book written by Peter Churchill, DSO, Croix de Guerre, published in 1952. It was the first of three books describing his wartime experience in the French section of the Special Operations Executive in which he was infiltrated four times into occupied France and spent 225 days behind enemy lines ...
9 de ago. de 2022 · Odette Sansom with Capt. Peter Churchill, January 1947. (Photo Credit: Central Press / Getty Images) Despite completing the required training, Odette Sansom’s performance reports were less than ideal. She was called “excitable and temperamental,” as well as “impulsive and hasty,” and she had “a complete unwillingness to admit that she could ever be wrong.”
Peter Churchill (1909-1972) était un agent du service secret Special Operations Executive pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ses missions l'amenèrent quatre fois en France. Il dirigea le réseau SPINDLE dans le sud-est de la France. Il fut arrêté et déporté par les Allemands, mais survécut.
Peter Churchill has 317 books on Goodreads with 333 ratings. Peter Churchill’s most popular book is Duel of Wits.
Duel of Wits. Duel of Wits is a book written by Peter Churchill, DSO, Croix de Guerre, published in 1953. It was the second of three books describing his wartime experience in the French section of the Special Operations Executive in which he was infiltrated four times into occupied France and spent 225 days behind enemy lines before he was ...
