Editing Timeline of SOE French Section (section)

===May 1941===
:'''May '''
::[[Giliana Balmaceda]] was the first female SOE agent to be sent to occupied France. A citizen of [[Chile]], she traveled legally to Vichy France and collected documents such as ration and identification cards that could be forged by the SOE for its undercover agents in France.<ref name="Foot">{{cite book |last1=Foot |first1=M.R.D. |title=SOE in France |date=1976 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |isbn=0116301929 |page=156}} First published in 1966.</ref>
:'''5 May'''
::Wireless operator [[Georges Bégué]] was the first male SOE F section agent in France and the first to arrive by parachute. He landed in [[Indre]] Department. Headquartered in [[Châteauroux]], he set up radio communications and met agents who followed him.{{sfn|Foot|1976|page=162}}