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Marcel Clech (11 October 1905 – 1944) was a French agent in the French section of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. He worked as a wireless operator in two different networks before his arrest, and was executed at Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Early lifeMarcel Rémy Clech was born in Brittany. He lived in London working as a taxi driver.[1] World War IIHe joined the Special Operations Executive, section F, as a wireless operator in the rank of Lieutenant.[1] On 1 August 1940 a motorboat attempted to land three Frenchmen, Clech, Tilly, and Victor Bernard at Carentec in Brittany but had to abort after coming under fire.[3][1] First missionClech became the radio operator of the AUTOGIRO network of Pierre de Vomécourt «Lucas».[2] In Operation DELAY II Peter Churchill’s mission was to land four SOE agents on the French Riviera by submarine.[3] On 26 February 1942 Churchill flew from Bristol to Gibraltar with two radio operators, Edward Zeff[4] «Matthieu» for the SPRUCE Circuit and Isidore Newman «Julien» for the URCHIN network, where they were joined by Marcel Clech «Bastien», radio operator for the AUTOGIRO network, and Victor Gerson «René», an SOE agent on a special mission to organise the VIC Escape Line.[3][5] They travelled in HM Submarine P 42 “Unbroken” to Antibes where on the night of 21 April 1942 Churchill took Newman and Zeff and their radios to the shore by canoe, and led them to their contact Dr Élie Lévy. Churchill then returned to the submarine and dropped off Clech and Gerson by canoe at Pointe d’Agay near Fréjus before returning to the UK.[3] Arriving in Lyon in early May, Clech learnt that Pierre de Vomécourt, the organiser of the AUTOGIRO network, had been arrested on 25 April. His mission was then modified and he was sent to Tours, where he was assigned to the MONKEYPUZZLE network of Raymond Flower «Gaspar». He worked there from 3 August. On the night of 14 April he was brought back to London by Lysander, piloted by Henri Déricourt.[6] Second missionClech became the radio operator of INVENTOR network of Sydney Jones «Élie», with Vera Leigh «Simone» as courier.[2] On the night of 14 May 1943 he was brought by Lysander piloted by Henri Déricourt with Sydney Jones and Vera Leigh to set up the INVENTOR network. Julienne Aisner accompanied them and became courier of the FARRIER circuit.[7] On 30 October Vera Leigh was arrested.[2] On 19 November while finishing broadcasting from Lucie Arthus at 53 rue de l'Est in Boulogne-Billancourt, Clech was arrested after his transmissions was located by the German direction-finding service. Sydney Jones was arrested the next day.[2] Clech was deported to Mauthausen concentration camp (or Ebensee) in Austria where he was executed on 24 March 1944.[4] Leigh and Jones were also executed, Leigh at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, Jones at Mauthausen concentration camp.[2] RecognitionDistinctions
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References1. ^{{Cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=zwAH0tBkL38CSOE}}|title=SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944|last=Foot|first=M. R. D.|date=2004-07-31|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781135769888|location=|pages=|language=en}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clech, Marcel}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944, M.R.D. Foot, HMSO, 1966. 3. ^1 2 Duel of Wits, Peter Churchill, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.specialforcesroh.com/showthread.php?31816-Zeff-Edward-(Ted)&highlight=zeff|website=specialforcesroh.com|title=SOE Zeff, Edward (Ted) | Special Forces Roll of Honour |accessdate=2018-11-28}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://nigelperrin.com/soe-hugh-dormer.htm#.W4U35VRKhaQ|title=Hugh Dormer - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France|website=nigelperrin.com|accessdate=2018-11-28}} 6. ^Operation: SALESMAN; reception organized by Henri Déricourt ; field: BRONCHITE, near Amboise ; doubled by Lysander ; Pilots: Flying Officers Vaughan-Fowler and McCairns; persons infiltrated : Philippe Liewer, Gabriel Chartrand, André Dubois, Henri Frager ; person exfiltrated: Marcel Clech. [Source: Verity, p. 264] 7. ^Operation: INVENTOR; reception organized by Henri Déricourt ; field: FLU, near Tours ; doubled by Lysander ; pilots: squadron leader Hugh Verity and flying officer Rymills; people infiltrated : Sydney Jones, Marcel Clech, Vera Leigh, Julienne Aisner ; people exfiltrated: Francis Suttill, France Antelme (?), Mrs. Gouin (?). [Hugh Verity, p. 266.] 9 : 1905 births|1944 deaths|French Army officers|People from Brittany|French military personnel of World War II|French Special Operations Executive personnel|Executed spies|Executed French people|French people executed in Nazi concentration camps |
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