SOE Flower, Raymond Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Flower ​

• FORENAME

Raymond Henry ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

71115 ​

• AWARD

Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

France 1942-43 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 4.10.1912 Paris,France​

son of Henry and Grace Mabel (nee Stollery) Flower​

hotel worker,Hotel Bellevue,Chahaignes,Sarthe,France​

civilian interpreter/driver to Air Commodore C.C. Darley,2 Base,Nantes 5.12.1939​

to England 20.6.1940​

R.A.F.V.R at Bristol 5.7.1940 (AC2 service number 1169086)​

905 Balloon Barrage Squadron​

AC1 5.1.1941​

LAC 5.7.1941​

SOE 13.12.1941 (as LAC)​

commission 10.4.1942 (Pilot Officer,Admin and Special Duties Branch)​

Flying Officer 19.10.1942​

Flight Lieutenant 15.5.1943​

STS 17 April-May 1943​

F Section SOE​

codename Gaspard​

Autogiro and Monkeypuzzle Circuits​

to France 27.6.1942​

returned 15.5.1943​

Staff Officer,SOE HQ 18.10.1943​

RF Section SOE 15.2.1944​

N (Training) Section 20.1.1945​

resigned commission 1.11.1945​

married Ada Louisa Brooker (divorced)​

married Yvonne Mauricette Ronciere​

according to his wife he refused to accept his award of Croix de Guerre​

died 1967​

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