Dropping into occupied France

16th August 1943: The reflections of an agent of the Special Operations Executive as he prepares to parachute into France on a sabotage mission

SOE agents during training in 1943.

The dangerous business of dropping SOE agents into France continued, taking advantage of the periods of full moon to locate the remote airfields and drop zones. All too few of those who dropped or were landed lived long enough to tell their tale. Hugh Dormer¹ was one of those who did.

On the way we dropped some container…