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===July 1942=== :'''1/2 July''' ::English painter [[Brian Stonehouse]], a wireless operator, parachuted into occupied France near the city of [[Tours]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], in the [[Loire Valley]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|last=The Guardian|author-link=The Guardian|title=Images of war and peace|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/04/guardianobituaries|access-date=25 July 2009|location=London, UK|date=4 January 1999}}</ref> Stonehouse was captured in October 1942 along with courier [[Blanche Charlet]], and spent the rest of the war in German prisons, including [[Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp]].{{sfn|Foot|1976|pages=213-215}} Charlet later escaped and was evacuated to England.{{sfn|Foot|1976|page=215}} :'''15 July''' ::Eleven SOE agents, including Michael Trotobas and Georges Bégué, escaped from a French prison in the [[Dordogne]] region. They made their way to Lyon where Virginia Hall helped them cross the border into Spain and return to England.<ref name="Kent and Nicolas">{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=Stewart |last2=Nicholas |first2=Nick |title=Agent Michael Trotobas and SOE in Northern France |date=2015 |publisher=Pen and Sword |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire |isbn=9781473851634 |pages=Kindle location 1061–1294}}</ref> :'''29/30 July''' ::SOE F Section's second on command, [[Nicolas Bodington]], landed on the French Riviera via clandestine boat. Landed with him was Carte's second-in-command, [[Henri Frager]] and courier [[Yvonne Rudellat]]. Bodington's task was to assess the viability of Carte as a resistance organization and the assistance needed from SOE.{{sfn|Foot|1976|page=204}} Ruddelat would become involved with the Prosper network as a courier and saboteur.{{sfn|Helm|2005|pages=11-12}} ::[[Claude de Baissac]] parachuted with [[Harry Peulevé]] near Nimes. Dropped from too low an altitude, Peulevé broke his leg. Despite a sprained ankle, de Baissac continued with his mission to set up the [[SOE F Section networks#Scientist|Scientist Network]] and to conduct espionage at [[Bordeaux]]. After a partial recovery, Puelevé, still limping, walked across the Pyrenees to Spain and returned to England in November.<ref name="Perrin">{{cite web |last1=Perrin |first1=Nigel |title=Who was Harry Peuleve? |url=https://nigelperrin.com/harrypeuleve4.htm#hpp4 |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Foot|1976|page=199}}
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