My mother was the spitting image of a famous SOE agent

Odette. When she went home after the war people kept telling her how brave she’d been, and it was only when one person asked how it felt having her toenails ripped out that she realised they thought she’d been on special ops, rather than in the Land Army.

Posted By: camcan on April 16th 2018 at 21:22:34

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Tombs, are you watching the WW2 Secret Agent training programme on BBC2? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 16, 21:18:06
- My grandfather was soe (General Chat) - archroy, Apr 16, 22:10:13
- My mother was the spitting image of a famous SOE agent (General Chat) - camcan, Apr 16, 21:22:34
  - That's brilliant! Have you been watching? I'm enjoying hearing the stories of the SOE (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 16, 21:32:43
  - Haha, that’s a fantastic story (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 16, 21:26:38
- no im watching some german's booting a ball about (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 16, 21:21:57
  - I put the secret agents on, that lasted ten seconds as it looked bonk (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 16, 21:24:17
  - Das boot? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 16, 21:22:59
- It’s snowing in Prussia (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 16, 21:19:16
  - The grey goose has had a vajazzle (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 16, 21:22:31
    - Honk (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 16, 21:25:27
      - That was the response for March (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 16, 21:28:24

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