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Éliane Sophie Plewman (6 December 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and a member of the French Resistance working as a courier for the "MONK circuit" in occupied France during World War II.
Jun 2, 2021 · Eliane Plewman was parachuted behind enemy lines into occupied France in August 1943 as a skilled Special Operations Executive (SOE) operative. The SOE was a secret WWII...
Sep 1, 2021 · Eliane Plewman was a courier for the SOE, a secret British organisation that fought the Nazis in occupied Europe. She was captured, tortured, and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, but not before she delivered vital information to the Allies.
- Lily Johnson
On the night of 11th September Eliane Sophie Plewman and three of her colleagues were handed over by an elderly prison warden to two Gestapo officers who brought them by train to Munich. From there they made the 20 mile journey by local train to Dachau.
- Frank Taaffe
Éliane Sophie Plewman (6 December 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and a member of the French Resistance working as a courier for the "MONK circuit" in occupied France during World War II.
May 13, 2021 · Mission France stands as a fitting epitaph to their courage and humanity. Portrait of courage Part of a case file for Éliane Plewman, a British SO' agent who went undercover in France in 1943. Plewman is one of 39 women whose stories form the basis of a new book by -ate Vigurs.
One of them was an ebullient young English woman, born and bred in Marseille, ELIANE PLEWMAN née Browne, who returned from England to Marseille in August 1943 as courier to the MONK network, led by Charles Skepper; Arthur Steele was the radio operator.
