Violette Szabo Military person

Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC, née Bushell, (26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945), a British subject, was the daughter of an English father and French mother, and widow of a French army officer killed in action in North Africa in 1942, who served during World War II as an SOE agent on two missions in occupied France. On her second mission she was captured by the Germans, interrogated and tortured, and deported to Germany where she was eventually executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp.

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Alias (AKA)	La P'tite Anglaise Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell
Birth date	June 26, 1921
Birth place	Paris , France
Date of death	February 05, 1945
Place of death	Germany , Ravensbrück concentration camp

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allegiance	United Kingdom France
award	Croix de guerre Resistance Medal George Cross
military branch	Special Operations Executive First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
military unit	SOE F Section networks
service start	1941
service end	1941