Ginette Jullian
Ginette Marie Hélène Jullian (8 December 1917, Montpellier - 4 August 1962) was a French spy during the Second World War.[1]
Life
She joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and trained for the Special Operations Executive, learning parachuting, security, and wireless operation. On 7 June 1944, the day after D-day, she parachuted into France near the village of Saint-Viâtre, Loir-et-Cher, with her colleague Gérard Dedieu. She was in France during the Allied advances, and returned to Britain on 22 September 1944.[1]
She is remembered on the Tempsford Memorial in Tempsford, Bedfordshire, England, which was unveiled in 2013 and commemorates the women who flew into occupied Europe from the nearby RAF Tempsford.[2]
She is reported to have died in a scuba-diving accident in Tahiti in 1962.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Escott, Beryl (2010). "39: Ginette Jullian". Heroines of SOE. The History Press. p. 207-210. ISBN 9780752462455.
- ^ "The Women". Tempsford Memorial Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
External links
- Ginette Jullian Photo and unsourced information on "Special Forces Roll of Honour" personal website
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