HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - MARIE-THÉRÈSE LE CHÊNE MBE, Croix de Guerre

 

She was born in France

But served as an agent for the SOE

The oldest female SOE agent sent to France

And was Codenamed “Adele”

Landing in Southern France by felucca

At the beginning of November 1942

In order to operate as a courier

For the Plane/Spruce network

Almost a year later she was evacuated

By the SOE via a Westland Lysander

She was described back in England

As a middle-aged lady with grey hair

After the war she was awarded an MBE

And a French Croix de Guerre