Editing Timeline of SOE French Section (section)

===August 1941===
:'''6/7 August'''
::SOE agents [[Jacques Vaillant de Guélis]] and G.C.G Turck parachuted into France. Turck was injured and captured on landing; de Guélis spent a month in France recruiting agents, collecting documents, and preparing the way for the arrival of [[Virginia Hall]].{{sfn|Foot|2004|page=154}}   

:'''23 August'''
::American Virginia Hall departed England for Vichy France as a SOE agent. Her cover was as a correspondent for the ''[[New York Post]]''. The United States was not yet at war with Germany and Americans could travel to and from France. Hall was the first female SOE agent to live and work in France for an extended period of time.<ref name="Escott">{{cite book |last1=Escott |first1=Beryl E. |title=The Heroines of SOE |date=2010 |publisher=The History Press |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire |isbn=9780752487298 |page=35}}</ref>