Complex sentence: On the night of 22 August 1943 she left Tempsford airbase and was parachuted into St Antoine du Queyret, northeast of Bordeaux; she was given a powder compact by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster before leaving for France.
Split into simpler sentences: On the night of 22 August 1943 she left Tempsford airbase and was parachuted into St Antoine du Queyret, north-east of Bordeaux. She was given a powder compact by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster before leaving for France.