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Violette: The Missions of SOE Agent Violette Szabó GC
By Tania Szabó
SOE In France 1941-1945: An Official Account of the Special Operations Executive's French Circuits
By Major Robert Bourne-Patterson
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32276" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sonsteby </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SN Section SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Order,Silver Star (US),Medal of Freedom with silver palm (US) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Norway 1943-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.1.1918 Rjukan,Norway</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Capt. Philip Hanstens Company,Nordmarka,Oslo 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>courier for British Intelligence,Sweden October 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attached SOE Sweden 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Resistance 1942-43</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kompani Linge spring 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>saboteur</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chief of Milorg's actiongroup November 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"Oslo-gang" 1943-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>aka Kjakan (The Chin) and No 24</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Norwegian awards</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>War Cross with 3 swords (the highest in Norway)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander of St Olav</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Spouse: Anne-Karin Jarlsby</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Children: Marianne Sonsteby, Elisabeth Sonsteby </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Died 10.5.2012, Oslo (Aged 94)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-sonsteby.5788/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5788-5d384acc7534ae16ddfd4c6e23491d77.jpg?1591385103" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-sonsteby.5787/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5787-dbd5296be5fc3c3344ee6225a3456bf8.jpg?1591385102" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-sonsteby.3486/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3486-d2aeda341833cf1a1b9821e1b0999c05.jpg?1591383764" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-sonsteby.33587/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33587-d29855c75bd17c3ffc7aac541d567a5d.jpg?1593439620" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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