The Tempsford Academy
The Tempsford Academy

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-08

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 190281049X

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This book investigates the role played by William Donovan, the OSS mission in London and the Carpetbaggers, the US Squadron which was sent to RAF Tempsford to be trained by the 'Moon Squadrons' before undertaking their own missions from Harrington. Not only does it describe the work of pilots and crew members, it also details some of the missions and gives insight into their social life. It includes the story of Owen Johnson and Elizabeth Devereaux Rochester, the first American agents to be parachuted into France, and Juup Kappius, Hilde Meisel and Ann Bayer, the first OSS agents to be sent into Germany before the invasion.

The Fossil Diggings in Sandy and Potton
The Fossil Diggings in Sandy and Potton

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-01-23

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1470926229

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In the 1840s a bed of 'coprolites', thought by some to be fossilised dinosaur droppings, was discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens. Rich in phosphate it was much in demand by the nation's manure manufacturers. By the mid-1860s it was being dug up across much of central Bedfordshire. This book investigates the social, economic and archaeological impact of the fossil diggings in Sandy and Potton, small market towns between Cambridge and Bedford.

The Hauxton Fossil Diggings
The Hauxton Fossil Diggings

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-10-11

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1470915278

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In the 1840s a bed of 'coprolites', thought by some to be fossilised dinosaur droppings, was discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens. Rich in phosphate it was much in demand by the nation's manure manufacturers. By the 1860s it was being dug up across much of the county. This book investigates the social, economic and archaeological impact of the fossil diggings in Hauxton, a small rural community southwest of Cambridge.

Blackmail Sabotage: Attacks on French industries during World War Two
Blackmail Sabotage: Attacks on French industries during World War Two

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1291787305

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In late-1943 Harry Rée, one of Britain's secret agents operating in eastern France, witnessed an RAF bombing mission on Peugeot's automobile factory in Sochaux/Montbéliard. As many bombs missed their target, damaging houses and killing innocent French civilians, he was aware that it could turn public opinion against the Allies. With the agreement of his boss in the Special Operations Executive, he approached one of Peugeot's directors and made him an offer: Agree to have your vital machinery sabotaged or have the factory destroyed by British or American bombers. To help the director decide, he was offered compensation by the Allies after the war. When this novel approach proved successful, SOE set up a blackmail sabotage committee which targeted over thirty French factories. Over twenty specially trained agents, both men and women, were infiltrated on missions which included blackmail sabotage. This book details their successes and failures.

SOE GROUP B SABOTAGE TRAINING HANDBOOK
SOE GROUP B SABOTAGE TRAINING HANDBOOK

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-05

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1291863893

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Following the outbreak of war in 1939, the British Intelligence Services needed a school to train agents to be infiltrated behind enemy lines in occupied Europe. Brickendonbury Manor was requisitioned and run by the Secret Intelligence Service's D Section. They already had training schools in Palestine. With the formation of the Special Operations Executive in July 1940, they took over the training and Brickendonbury specialised in sabotage. George Rheam, described as the father of industrial sabotage, and fellow instructors prepared a handbook which was used by SOE trainers in similar schools overseas. Bernard O'Connor, author of numerous books on World War Two sabotage, provides a detailed foreword.

Elzbieta Zawacka: Polish soldier and courier during World War Two
Elzbieta Zawacka: Polish soldier and courier during World War Two

Author: Bernard O'Connor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-06-09

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 129191224X

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When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Elzbieta Zawacka joined the Women's Battalion of the Home Army and worked as an instructor and courier, taking money, messages and reports to members of the Polish resistance in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. In November 1942 she was given a mission to take valuable intelligence via France and Spain to Britain. Succeeding in that task, she was parachuted back into Poland to help the resistance for the rest of the war. This book provides a detailed account of her wartime experiences.