FRANCE Labit, Henri

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Labit
  • FORENAME
Henri
  • UNIT
F Section SOE
  • RANK
Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
3rd May 1942
  • AGE
21
  • GRAVESITE
Cimetiere de la Chartreuse,Bordeaux,France
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 30.9.1920 Mezin,Lot-et-Garonne,Aquitaine,France
French Air Force 29.9.1939
escaped from France June 1940
Free French Air Force 11.9.1940
1 Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes January 1941
BCRA 1941 (Sous Lieutenant)
Op.Tortures July 1941 - evaded
Lieutenant 19.1.1942
SOE instructor
awards Chevalier de Legion dHonneur,Croix de Guerre with Palms,Medaille de la Resistance (France)
codename Leroy (formerly Gerard and Henri)
Bass Circuit
when surrounded by Germans took cyanide capsule to avoid arrest Langon,France
originally buried in the military square,Hopital de Villenave dOrnon,Gironde,France
 

DATE OF DEATH:

03-May-1942
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