Editing Timeline of SOE French Section (section)

==1944==
===January 1944===
:'''3 January'''
::In a jailbreak from Eysses prison, Philippe de Vomécourt and 52 other resistors escaped.  Vomécourt made his way to Spain and to England and later in 1944 back to France where he led several sabotage operations.{{sfn|Foot|1976|pages=377-378}}

:'''13 January'''
::[[Yolande Beekman]] and [[Gustave Bieler]] were arrested at the Café du Moulin Brulé in Saint-Quentin (Picardy).

===February 1944===
:'''28/29 February'''
::SOE agents [[France Antelme]], [[Madeleine Damerment]], and [[:fr:Lionel Lee|Lionel Lee]] took off from RAF Tempsford airfield in a No. 161 Squadron Halifax aircraft late on 28 February and parachuted into a field near [[Chartres]], [[Eure-et-Loir]], early the next morning and were arrested by the [[Gestapo]] on their arrival.{{sfn|Foot|1976|page=302}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kramer |first=Rita |title=Flames in the Field |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Michael Joseph]] |location=London, UK |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-4538-3427-5 |page=171}}</ref>{{Sfn|Vigurs|2021|p=169}} The Germans knew they were coming due to the wireless messages they had intercepted from the wireless machines they had captured during the destruction of the Prosper network. These three were among the 19 SOE agents captured on their arrival in France and executed. French helpers of the Prosper network who were deported to Germany totaled at least 167.

===March 1944===
:'''2-3 March'''
:[[Eileen Nearne]] landed near Les Lagneys, Indre.

:'''21 March'''
:[[Harry Peulevé]] and [[Louis Bertheau]] were arrested in [[Brive-la-Gaillarde]].

===April 1944===
:'''April'''
::[[Maurice Southgate]] was arrested.
:'''April 5'''
::[[Lilian Rolfe]] was dropped near the city of [[Orléans]], [[Loiret|45]], to work with the "Historian" network run by [[George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson|George Wilkinson]]
:'''April 29'''
::[[John Hind Farmer]] and [[Nancy Wake]] of the "Freelance" network parachuted into [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]] to liaise between London and the local [[Maquis (World War II)|Maquis]].

===May 1944===
:'''May 13'''
::[[Vera Leigh]], Andrée Borrel, [[Odette Sansom]], [[Diana Rowden]], [[Yolande Beekman]], [[Eliane Plewman]] and [[Madeleine Damerment]]  were taken from [[Fresnes prison]], [[Val-de-Marne|94]], to [[84 Avenue Foch]], where they were joined by [[Sonya Olschanezky]].  They were all then moved to the civil prison at [[Karlsruhe]] in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]].

===June 1944===
:'''June 6'''
:: The [[Normandy Landings|D-Day landings]] occurred in [[Normandy]].

===July 1944===
:'''July'''
::[[Eileen Nearne]] arrested.
:'''July 2'''
::[[Henri Frager]] was arrested by [[Abwehr]] sergeant [[Hugo Bleicher]] at a rendezvous arranged by [[Roger Bardet]].
:'''July 6'''
::[[Diana Rowden]], [[Vera Leigh]], [[Sonya Olschanezky]], and [[Andrée Borrel]] were shipped to the [[Natzweiler-Struthof]], [[Bas-Rhin]], [[concentration camp]] in the [[Vosges Mountains]] of [[Alsace]] (France) where they were injected with [[phenol]] and disposed of in the [[crematorium]]. Their arrival at the camp was witnessed by [[Brian Stonehouse]]. {{sfn|Helm|2005|pages=260-273}}

::[[Christine Granville]] arrived by parachute in France, joining the [[SOE F Section networks#Jockey|Jockey]] network led by [[Francis Cammaerts]].

:'''July 31'''
::[[Lilian Rolfe]] was arrested in [[Nargis]], [[Loiret|45]] and taken to [[Fresnes prison]], [[Val-de-Marne|94]].

===August 1944===
:'''August<!-- if exact date known, please supply -->'''
::[[Lilian Rolfe]] was shipped to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]].
::John Starr was sent to [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]].
:'''8 August'''
::[[Harry Peulevé]], [[Maurice Southgate]], {{ill|Élisée Allard|fr|v=sup}}, [[Denis Barrett]], [[Robert Benoist]], {{ill|Jean Bouguennec|fr|v=sup}}, [[Pierre Culioli]], [[Angehand Defendini]], {{ill|Julien Detal|fr|v=sup}}, [[Henri Frager]], {{ill|Emile-Henri Garry|fr|Henri Garry|v=sup}}, [[Frank Pickersgill]], {{ill|Pierre Geelen|fr|v=sup}}, {{ill|Marcel Leccia|fr|v=sup}}, {{ill|John Macalister|fr|v=sup}}, [[James Mayer (spy)|James Mayer]], {{ill|Pierre Mulsant|fr|v=sup}}, {{ill|Charles Rechenmann|fr|v=sup}}, [[Roméo Sabourin]], [[Arthur Steele (SOE agent)|Arthur Steele]] and [[George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson]] were sent to [[Neue Bremm]] transit camp at [[Saarbrücken]].
:'''16 August'''
::Harry Peulevé, Maurice Southgate, Eliseé Allard, Denis Barrett, Robert Benoist, Jean Bouguennec, Pierre Culioli, Angehand Defendini, Julien Detal, Henri Frager, Emile-Henri Garry, Frank Pickersgill, Pierre Geelen, Marcel Leccia, John Macalister, James Mayer, Pierre Mulsant, Charles Rechenmann, Roméo Sabourin, Arthur Steele and George Wilkinson arrived at [[Buchenwald concentration camp]].
:'''17 August'''
::SOE Agent [[Christine Granville]] bribed the Gestapo for the release from prison of SOE Agents [[Francis Cammaerts]] and [[Xan Fielding]] who had been arrested earlier in August and were to be executed. Granville's feat was later portrayed fictionally in the television series [[Wish Me Luck]].<ref name="Mulley">{{cite book |last1=Mulley |first1=Clare |title=The Spy who Loved |date=2012 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=9781250049766 |pages=248–249}}</ref>
:'''25 August'''
::[[Dietrich von Choltitz|General von Choltitz]] <!-- Yes I assure you that was really his name, please check for yourself -->the German Military Commandant in [[Paris]], formally signed an Act of Surrender to the [[Provisional Government of the French Republic]], although some German strongholds remained in the city.
:'''27 August'''
::John Kenneth Macalister, [[Frank Pickersgill]] and [[Roméo Sabourin]], were shipped to [[Buchenwald]] concentration camp.

===September 1944===
:'''6 September 6'''
::[[Gilbert Norman]] was executed at [[Mauthausen concentration camp]]
:'''13 September'''
::[[Yolande Beekman]], [[Madeleine Damerment]], [[Noor Inayat Khan]], and [[Eliane Plewman]] were executed, each by a single shot to the head, and their bodies cremated at [[Dachau concentration camp]].
:'''c.14 September''' 
::Sixteen SOE agents and associates of [[Robert Benoist]] were executed at [[Buchenwald concentration camp]]. SOE agents executed in addition to Benoist were Eliseé Allard, Angehand Defendini, Julien Detal, Emile-Henri Garry, [[Frank Pickersgill]], Pierre Geelen, Marcel Leccia, [[Ken Macalister]], [[James Mayer (spy)|James Mayer]], Charles Rechenmann, [[Roméo Sabourin]] and [[Arthur Steele (SOE agent)|Arthur Steele]].<ref name="Saward" />

===October 1944===
:'''5 October'''
:: Denis Barrett, [[Henri Frager]], [[:fr:Pierre Mulsant|Pierre Mulsant]] and [[:fr:George Alfred Wilkinson|George Alfred Wilkinson]] were executed at [[Buchenwald concentration camp]].