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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd turned 20 two weeks earlier.

She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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Photo of Sonia Butt and her husband, and fellow SOE agent, Guy D'Artois. They are both in their military uniform. Sonia is a white woman with blonde hair. He's a white man with dark hair and a moustache. This was taken on their wedding day, weeks before they were sent to France.
Photo of Sonia Butt and her husband, and fellow SOE agent, Guy D'Artois. They are both in their military uniform. Sonia is a white woman with blonde hair. He's a white man with dark hair and a moustache. This was taken on their wedding day, weeks before they were sent to France.
Photo of Sonia Butt and her husband, and fellow SOE agent, Guy D'Artois. They are both in their military uniform. Sonia is a white woman with blonde hair. He's a white man with dark hair and a moustache. This was taken on their wedding day, weeks before they were sent to France.
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