Lise de Baissac

Lise Marie Jeanette de Boucherville Baissac ( born May 11, 1905 in Curepipe in Mauritius; † 28 March 2004 in Marseille) was an agent of British intelligence Special Forces Special Operations Executive (SOE ).

De Baissac came from a French-born family with British nationality, grew up in Paris and was fluent in both English and French. In 1940, after the invasion of the German troops in France, she fled to London and enlisted by the SOE for the section "F". According to a comprehensive education for their future intelligence activities, she was on the night of 24 September 1942, together with Andrée Borrel, another SOE agent, dropped by parachute over France. Among the pseudonym " Odile " (1942-1943) and " Marguerite " (1944 ) she worked as a liaison officer and courier for two SOE agents rings, which the French Resistance supported. Disguised as an archaeologist, she went unmolested to a bicycle through the area to explore landing sites for British aircraft. as alleged widow " Irene Brisse " she tried to begin a love affair with the local Gestapo chief. After the agent rings were busted in September 1943, de Baissac managed to escape to England. Another use they had in 1944 near Châteauroux, where she worked with Antony Brooks, the head of the agent ring " Pimento " worked. Due to differing views this cooperation ended after a short time. Your further career de Baissac to her brother Claude, the possible landing places for the Allied invasion of spying.

1949 married Lise de Baissac Gustave Villameur, an interior designer, with whom she lived in southern France. England honored her with the Order of the British Empire. France awarded her the title of Chevalier de la Légion d' honneur. She died at the age of 98 years in Marseille.