A House For Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse

This is the story of the bizarre role played by Barbara Bertram in the Second World War. From 1941 to 1944 she provided board and lodging in her Sussex farmhouse to men and women of the French Resistance who, acting as intelligence agents for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), were flown by moonlight in and out of Tangmere aerodrome by RAF Lysander pilots. Barbara's husband was a conducting officer for the SIS and his house, Bignor Manor, near Petworth, was deemed to be the perfect undercover stopover for agents waiting for their flight into occupied France. As well as Barbara's experiences, which included sewing suicide pills into the cuffs of agents who requested it, the book follows the mixed fortunes of the Lysander pilots and the agents themselves, several of whom were captured, tortured and killed in their efforts to get German military intelligence back to the UK.

A House for Spies: SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse

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Wake-Walker, Edward

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RNLI Gold Medal Rescues

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Some time after 1948, a collection of 39 photographs was borrowed from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's London headquarters by the American explorer, writer and film-maker, Amos Burg, in all probability for a National Geographic article that was never published.

Lost Photographs Of The RNLI

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is one of the best known maritime rescue organizations in the world. This insightful guide from a RNLI veteran tells the story of the Institution from its beginnings during the reign of King George IV in the 19th century up through the hi-tech rescue maritime organization it has become. The topics addressed include early lifeboats and early lifeboat heroes; famous coxswains; early rescues and disasters; the arrival of motorized craft, as well as inshore and all-weather craft; the modern fleet and volunteer crewmember; the development and use of hovercraft; and the RNLI’s bright future.

The Lifeboats Story

The History Press

Conceived in the mid-Thirties for the RAF as an Army co-operation and liaison aircraft, Westland Aircraft designed and built the rugged high-wing monoplane Lysander with a fixed, spatted undercarriage. It had an exceptional field of view for both pilot and observer, and was armed with two forward firing machine guns and a machine gun fired from the rear cockpit.

Westland Lysander Manual 1936-44 (all marks): An insight into owning, flying and maintaining the RAF's famous World War 2 'cloak-and dagger' spy plane (Haynes Owners Workshop Manuel)

Military

Haynes Publishing, UK

Since the early 19th century, the RNLI and its predecessors have been at the forefront of saving lives around Britain’s coasts. Putting to sea in all weathers, they are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Bravery and drama are constant companions of the crews as they battle against the sea and the weather. Edward Wake-Walker describes fifteen dramatic rescues in the RNLI’s long and distinguished history that have shaped the development of the organization we know today. They span almost 200 years and the examples are tasters of some of the truly incredible rescue stories related by the author.

Lifeboat Heroes: Outstanding RNLI Rescues From Three Centuries

Haynes Pubns

An unforgettable history of French intelligence agents and courageous British pilots who risked everything in the fight against Hitler! Perfect for fans of Ben Macintyre, Giles Milton and Sinclair McKay.\nFrom 1941 to 1944, Bignor Manor, a farmhouse in Sussex provided board and lodging for men and women of the French Resistance before they were flown by moonlight into occupied France.\nBarbara Bertram, whose husband was a conducting officer for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), became hostess for these daring agents and their pilots during their brief stopovers in their house.\nBut who were these men and women that passed through the Bertram’s house?\nAnd what activities did they conduct whilst in France that meant that so many of them never returned?\nEdward Wake-Walker charts the experiences of numerous agents, such as Gilbert Renault, Christian Pineau and Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, and the networks of operatives that they created that provided top-secret intelligence on German defences and naval bases, U-boats, as well as Hitler’s devastating new weapons, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs.\nA House For Spies provides fascinating insight into the lives of SIS agents and their Lysander pilots who provided invaluable intelligence to Allied forces. This is a much-forgotten aspect of the Second World War that is only now being told by Edward Wake-Walker.\n“Utterly fascinating, very moving and funny. I couldn't have enjoyed it more.” — Hugh Grant\n“Edward Wake-Walker's meticulously researched chronicles of desperate resistance, audacity, duty, determination and daring are a valuable addition to the history of World War II” — Bel Mooney, Daily Mail\n“It kept me up at night as I wanted to know what happened to all the various characters [brought] so admirably back to life” — Russell England, Director of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius and Operation Mincemeat

Sapere Books

An engrossing history of the RNLI and how for two hundred years it has been saving lives along the coasts of Britain and Ireland.\nThe seas surrounding these small islands can be treacherous.\nEven the most experienced seamen can find themselves in difficulty as they are buffeted by gale force winds and tremendous waves, tragically resulting in the loss of thousands of lives.\nYet since 1824 the RNLI has done its best to aid those in danger. Launching their vessels into the roughest seas and fiercest storms they have rescued countless men and women from sinking ships and certain death.\nEdward Wake-Walker examines sixteen dramatic rescues spanning the entire history of the RNLI, from the early era when Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, and his men rowed out to save the crew and passengers from the Fortroendet which had run aground, through to the modern era with helicopters and modern equipment providing assistance.\nAll of the sixteen accounts demonstrate the bravery of the lifeboat crews who risked their risked and sometimes tragically lost their lives in their desire to save those in peril.\nLifeboat Heroes: Outstanding RNLI Rescues from Three Centuries is a thrilling history of lifeboats and their crews. Edward Wake-Walker uncovers how the RNLI developed as a charity and how the lifeboats have evolved over the course of their long and valuable history.

Lifeboat Heroes: Outstanding RNLI Rescues from Three Centuries (Search and Rescue)

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