Yolande Beekman
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Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman was a British spy in World War II who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Special Operations Executive. She was a member of SOE's Musician circuit in occupied
In WAAF uniform during WW2.
Westland Lysander Mk III (SD), the type used for special missions into occupied France during World War II
Fresnes Prison
US troops guarding main entrance to Dachau after liberation, 1945.
Eliane Plewman
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Éliane Sophie Plewman was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive and a member of the French Resistance working as a courier for the "MONK circuit" in occupied France during World War II.
Yolande Beekman
…was no paper and pencils. Beekman was abruptly transferred to Dachau concentration camp with fellow agents Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan, and Eliane Plewman. At dawn on the following morning, 13 September, the four women were executed by Wilhelm Ruppert. A Gestapo man named Max Wassmer was in charge of…
Eliane Plewman
Lt T. L. Plewman (l) with Bdr O. Seman, July 1944, Caen, Normandy
The Handley Page Halifax B.II Special were used for SOE operations.
Memorial to Plewman and fellow agents in Dachau