SOE Missions
Operation Savanna
This was the first operation of the SOE and the French resistance into German occupied France.
The mission was to ambush and kill as many German pilots as possible at Meucan airfield.
On the 15th of March 1941 5 paratroopers were dropped near Vannes. The mission failed and only 3 survived
Operation Josephine B
Operation Josephine B was a military mission in June 1941, organised by the French resistance and the SOE.
6 out of 8 transformers were destroyed which resulted in an Italian submarine base not being able to operate for a while.
A team of 6 paratroopers were dropped by parachutes into France and used explosives to blow up the transformers.