William Grover-WilliamsCharles Frederick William Grover-Williams born January 16, 1903 died March 18, 1945, was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. Born of an English father and a French mother in the Montrouge suburb of Paris, France, William Grover-Williams grew up was parachuted into France.
John Starr and his wireless operator John Young arrived by parachute at Lons-le-Saunier in the Jura mountains of north-eastern France.
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Vera Leigh, Julienne Aisner , Sidney Jones and Marcel Clech arrived by Lysander at a location in the Cher Valley , near Tours and were met by F Section's air movements officer Henri Dericourt. The return flight carried Francis Suttill , leader of the Prosper Network , back to England.
General von Choltitz the German Military Commandant in Paris, formally signed an Act of Surrender to the Provisional Government of the French Republic, although some German strongholds remained in the city.