Editing Timeline of SOE French Section (section)

===July 1943===
:'''7 July'''
::A wireless message ostensibly from Gilbert Norman in Paris confirmed that Suttill had been arrested.  However, the message did not contain a security check inserted into all messages by operators to confirm their identity and that they were not broadcasting under duress. Rather than question the provenance of the message, SOE commander Buckmaster replied, "You have forgotten your security check. Be more careful." The message had in fact been sent to SOE by the Germans.{{sfn|Helm|2005|pages=36-37}}

::Buckmaster's mistake permitted the Germans to play "[[funkspiel]]" (radio games) with Norman's wireless, receiving messages from SOE and sending false messages to SOE, a game they would play for the next few months with great success.

:'''18 July'''
::John Starr was wounded and captured by German Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Dijon. He was tortured before being moved to Paris to SD headquarters at [[84 Avenue Foch]].{{sfn|Glass|2018|pages=89-90}}

:'''22/23 July'''
::Nicolas Bodington and Jack Agazarian landed in France on a [[Lockheed Hudson]] airplane to investigate the fate of the Prosper network. SOE in London was aware that Suttill had been arrested but believed that his wireless operator Gilbert Norman was still at liberty. In reality, Norman was imprisoned and the Germans were using his radio to mislead the SOE.<ref name="Suttill">{{cite book |last1=Suttill |first1=Francis J. |title=Shadows in the Fog |date=2015 |publisher=The History Press |page=181 |edition=Kindle}}</ref>

:'''30 July''' 
::In Paris, Bodington and Agazarian contacted Gilbert Norman to arrange a meeting. The Germans in control of Norman's radio told Bodington to meet Norman at an apartment near the [[Gare Saint-Lazare]]. However, instead of Bodington, Agazarian went to the apartment and was arrested by the Germans. Why Bodington did not go to the apartment rather than Agazarian has been disputed. Bodington's friend and double agent Henri Déricourt may have warned Bodington not to go to the rendezvous. Agazarian was later executed.{{sfn|Foot|2004|pages=286-287}}{{sfn|Fuller|1975|pages=99-100}}