Odette Sansom

Odette Marie Celine Sansom (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II.

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Odette Marie Celine Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme d?partement of France. She married the Englishman Roy Sansom in 1931, moving with him to England. When the War Office requested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of their home towns, Odette volunteered her family album which contained many useful depictions of the Channel coast. She was asked to train under Colonel Maurice Buckmaster of the Special Operations Executive and return to France to work with the French underground in Nazi-occupied France. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.

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