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This target was probably erected during World War II for use by SOE agents training at nearby Glasnacardoch House. The following is an incomplete list of training centres, research and development sites, administrative sites and other establishments used by the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
Instituted July 8, 1943 and awarded for 180 days of operational service or 60 days of operational flying in WWII. T: Belgium: SOE (Special Operations Executive) operations in Belgium WAAF: Women's Auxiliary Air Force: WM: War Medal 1939-1945
This "living history" series reconstructs the training programme of one of the Second World War's most covert organizations. Fourteen modern day recruits undertake the same rigorous physical and psychological assessments as the 1940s candidates for the Special Operations Executive. The programme follows their progress to determine if they have ...
The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
Camp X was the unofficial name of the secret Special Training School No. 103, a Second World War British paramilitary installation for training covert agents in the methods required for success in clandestine operations. [1] It was located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa in Ontario, Canada.
Hector (World War II) (?) – Belgium, Hector 2 captured. Otherwise little detail available in the file. Helenus (1944) – Belgium, August field name Jeannine, Brussels, sabotage instructor for Nola. Hillcat (1943) – Belgium, August sent with Tybalt, W/T missioni to Hector group.
Force 136 was a far eastern branch of the British World War II intelligence organisation, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Originally set up in 1941 as the India Mission with the cover name of GSI(k), it absorbed what was left of SOE's Oriental Mission in April 1942.