I know he is not an airman but the RAF did drop him into France a couiple of times… Quite an amazing character and it shows the bravery of folk all those years ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9365640/Count-Robert-de-La-Rochefoucauld.html
By: Zebedee - 3rd July 2012 at 12:46
It was at the embassy that La Rochefoucauld was invited to join SOE. “The courage and skill of British agents is without equal,” he recalled the ambassador noting. “It is just that their French accents are appalling.”
Classic…
Zeb
By: Newforest - 3rd July 2012 at 10:20
That’s what you call a full life! 🙂
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