Phyliss "Pippa" Latour, SOE agent
From Twitter:
clare mulley
@claremulley
Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, the last #SOE agent, has died aged 102. Left South Africa to join the British WAAF in 1941. Parachuted to #Normandy 1944. Sent 135 coded messages to help target bombing missions.
Thanks to
@historical_kate
who knew Pippa.
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