Yvonne Baseden
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 7 years ago |
Date of birth | January 20,1922 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Paris |
France | |
Date of died | October 28,2017 |
Other name | Odette |
Service/branches | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
Special Operations Executive | |
Awards | Legion of Honour |
Order of the British Empire | |
Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1020987 |
Yvonne Baseden Life story
Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden MBE, later known as Yvonne Burney, was one of approximately forty female Special Operations Executive agents who served in France. The objective of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany.