| 词条 | Blanche Charlet | ||||
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|name=Blanche Charlet |image= |caption= |birth_date={{Birth date|1898|05|23|df=yes}} |death_date=1985 (aged 87) |placeofburial_label= |placeofburial= |birth_place=Westminster, London, England |death_place=Camden, London, England |placeofburial_coordinates= |nickname=Agent Japonica & Ventriloquist |birth_name=Valentine Blanche Charlet |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|France}} |branch=Special Operations Executive French Resistance |serviceyears=1942–1944 |rank=Field Agent and Guerrilla Commander |servicenumber= |unit= |commands=Japonica Ventriloquist |battles=World War II |battles_label= |awards=Member of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} Valentine Blanche Charlet MBE (1898–1985) was a member of the Women's Transport Service who served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section. She was born in London, England on 23 May 1898.[1][2] Charlet took over the work carried out by fellow SOE agent Virginia Hall and worked with Brian Stonehouse. She arrived by felucca[1] on 1 September 1942.[2] On 24 October 1942 German D/F (detector) vans picked up Stonehouse's radio signals while he was transmitting to London. They tracked him down to his safe house and arrested him. Before the Germans left, Charlet arrived for a pre-arranged meeting with Stonehouse and she too was arrested by the Milice{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} in Chateau Hurlevent near Lyon, 69. In November 1942 she was interned in Castres Prison for her SOE activities. In September 1943 she found a sympathetic wardress and got hold of pistols and spare keys and took part in a mass break-out with French resistante Suzanne Charisse. Blanche and Suzanne reached open country and, helped by a local farmer, took refuge in a Benedictine monastery. There they sheltered in a guest house for two months before the monks took them to the escape line in the Pyrénées, but as it was winter heavy snow stopped them from crossing to Spain.[3] In April 1944 a message from Blanche reached the SOE Headquarters in Baker Street and a pick-up was arranged from Brittany. From there she crossed the channel back to Britain. Honours and awardsOn 19 February 1946 she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by King George VI for services in France during the enemy occupation.
References1. ^M. R. D. Foot, SOE in France. An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944, London, 1966. [4][5]2. ^http://www.conscript-heroes.com/Art31-SeawolfSeadog.html 3. ^Liane Jones, A Quiet Courage: Women Agents in the French Resistance, London, Transworld Publishers Ltd, 1990. {{ISBN|0-593-01663-7}} 4. ^1 General Register Office index of births registered in July, August and September 1898 – Name: Charlet, Valentine Blanche. District: Westminster Volume: 1A Page: 501. 5. ^1 General Register Office index of deaths registered in October 1985 – Name: Charlet, Valentine Blanche. Birth Date: 23 May 1898. District: Camden. Volume: 14 Page: 1777. }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Charlet, Blanche}} 6 : Female wartime spies|British Special Operations Executive personnel|1898 births|1985 deaths|Members of the Order of the British Empire|People from London |
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