Odette Sansom

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Odette Sansom was a British World War II heroine and spy who carried out dangerous missions in occupied France for the Special Operations Executive and became one of the most highly decorated women of the war.

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instanceOf British spy
Special Operations Executive agent
World War II resistance member
human
allegiance Allied forces
surface form: Allied powers

United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill
Odette Hallowes
awardReceived Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Croix de Guerre
The George Cross
surface form: George Cross

Member of the Order of the British Empire
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1912-04-28
dateOfDeath 1995-03-13
decoratedFor courage in occupied France
resistance under torture and imprisonment
employer Special Operations Executive
familyName Sansom
givenName Odette
hasChild three daughters
imprisonedAt Fresnes
surface form: Fresnes Prison

Ravensbrück concentration camp
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
militaryBranch Special Operations Executive
surface form: F Section (SOE)
notableFor being one of the most highly decorated women of World War II
notableWork SOE missions in occupied France
occupation courier
intelligence agent
spy
operatedIn occupied France
participatedIn French Resistance activities
World War II
surface form: Second World War
placeOfBirth Amiens
placeOfDeath Walton-on-Thames
religion Roman Catholicism
residence London, England
surface form: London

Surrey
sexOrGender female
spouse Geoffrey Hallowes
Peter Churchill
Roy Sansom
subjectOf biographical books about her SOE service
film "Odette" (1950)
torturedBy Gestapo

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