SOE Inayat-Khan, Nora

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Inayat-Khan
  • FORENAME
Nora
  • UNIT
F Section SOE
  • RANK
Section Officer
  • NUMBER
9901
  • DATE OF DEATH
13th September 1944
  • AGE
30
  • GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 243
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Women's Auxiliary Air Force
true name Inayat-Khan,Noor-un-nisa
born 1.1.1914 Kremlin,Moscow,Russia
resided with mother
daughter of Mrs Ora Ray Baker,4 Taviton Street,Bloomsbury,London
daughter of late Hasra Inayat Khan,Oxford and late of Suresnes,near Paris,France
educated Sorbonne,Paris (Child Psychology)
author of children's stories and worked on children's programmes,Radio Paris in civilian life
joined WAAF November 1940 as 424598 ACW
joined SOE 8.2.1943
awards G.C.,M.B.E.,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (France)
codename Madeleine
Cinema Circuit (w/t op) (Prosper sub-circuit)
call sign Nurse
aliases Nora Baker and Jeanne Marie Renier
arrested 8.10.1943
executed Dachau,Germany
F Section Memorial,Valencay,France
 
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