This file contains a photograph of the Hon. Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan (code name Madeleine), who served as a wireless operator with F Section, Special Operations Executive. Khan was born in Moscow in 1914, and was a British resistance agent in France during the WWII. She was captured and executed at Dachau concentration camp in 1944.
Original source name : Special operations executive (soe) and special forces agents during the second world war
English translation : Special operations executive (soe) and special forces agents during the second world war
Creator : N/A
Document- type 2 : photograph
Reference number : HU 74868
Language(s) : English
Geographical coverage : United Kingdom
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1942-1943
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205020940
English translation : Special operations executive (soe) and special forces agents during the second world war
Creator : N/A
Document- type 2 : photograph
Reference number : HU 74868
Language(s) : English
Geographical coverage : United Kingdom
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1942-1943
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205020940
Archive name : Imperial War Museum Department of Photographs
Archive name (English) : Imperial War Museum Department of Photographs
Archive address : Lambeth Road London, SE1 6HZ
City : London
Country : United Kingdom
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.iwm.org.uk/
Archive name (English) : Imperial War Museum Department of Photographs
Archive address : Lambeth Road London, SE1 6HZ
City : London
Country : United Kingdom
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.iwm.org.uk/