Phyllis Latour

**Phyllis** " **Pippa** " **Latour** MBE (8 ga Afrilu 1921 - 7 ga Oktoba 2023) wakili ne ɗan Afirka ta Kudu na ƙungiyar Special Operations Executive (SOE) ta Burtaniya a Faransa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Manufar SOE ita ce gudanar da leƙen asiri, ɓarna da leƙen asiri a Turai da aka mamaye a kan ƙasashen Axis, musamman Jamus ta Nazi . Wakilan SOE a Faransa sun haɗu da ƙungiyoyin Resistance na Faransa kuma sun ba su makamai da kayan aiki da aka yi musu laƙabi da parachute daga Ingila. Latour ya yi aiki a matsayin mai aiki da waya a Normandy daga 1 ga Mayu 1944 zuwa Agusta a wannan shekarar.

## Rayuwar farko da iyali
Mahaifin Latour, Philippe, likita ne ɗan ƙasar Faransa kuma ya auri Louise, wata 'yar ƙasar Birtaniya da ke zaune a Afirka ta Kudu, inda aka haifi Phyllis a watan Afrilun 1921. Mahaifinta ya mutu bayan watanni uku a lokacin rikicin gida a ƙasar Beljiyam Congo, kuma mahaifiyarta ta sake yin aure bayan shekaru uku. Mahaifinta direban tsere ne.

Akwai labarai masu karo da juna game da mutuwar mahaifiyar Phyllis. A cewar wasu rahotanni, Louise tana tukin ɗaya daga cikin motocin tsere na sabon mijinta, wanda ya lalace kuma ta mutu lokacin da ya faɗo kan shinge.  Duk da haka, a cikin tarihin rayuwarta da aka buga a 2024 Latour ta bayyana wannan a matsayin "Poppycock. Babu shakka. Hatsari irin wannan da ya faru a wani wuri da wani lokaci amma ba ga mahaifiyata ba a 1925. Ina fata da na iya cire wannan labarin daga intanet." Ta ce mahaifiyarta ta mutu sakamakon zubar jini  a wani tiyatar likita.  A kowane hali, Phyllis ta tafi ta zauna tare da ɗan uwan mahaifinta a Jadotville a Congo ta Belgium.

Daga baya aka tura ta zuwa makarantar kwana a Kenya tana da shekaru 16. 

## WAAF da Babban Jami'in Ayyuka na Musamman
Latour ta ƙaura zuwa Ingila a watan Mayu na 1939,  kuma ta shiga Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata (WAAF) a watan Nuwamba na 1941 (Lambar Sabis 718483) a matsayin makanikin jirgin sama don ƙirar jiragen sama. Duk da haka, saboda iya Faransanci da take da shi, nan da nan SOE ta nemi ta zama wakili, kuma ta sami horo mai ƙarfi na tunani da jiki. Ta shiga SOE don ɗaukar fansar mahaifin uwarta da 'yan Nazi suka harbe ta da kuma kisan kai da mahaifiyarta ta yi bayan an daure ta,  ta shiga a hukumance a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1943 kuma an naɗa ta a matsayin Jami'in Sashe na Girmamawa. 

Latour ya yi parachute zuwa Orne, Normandy a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1944 don yin aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na da'irar Kimiyya, yana amfani da sunan lambar *Genevieve* don yin aiki a matsayin mai aiki mara waya tare da mai shirya Claude de Baissac da 'yar uwarsa Lise, mai aika saƙo kuma mataimakiyarsa.    De Baissacs, daga cikin mafi kyawun wakilan SOE, "sun kasance masu sadaukarwa amma suna da wahala." Lise ta bayyana Latour a matsayin 'jarumi kuma mai son rai amma rikici na yarinya.' Sun firgita da rashin balaga da rashin horon Latour daga SOE. Lise ta ci gaba da tsare Latour don kare ta da kansu. Kulawa ya zama dole domin de Baissacs suna aiki a Normandy, nan ba da jimawa ba za a sami wurin da Allied D-Day suka mamaye Faransa. Yankin ya kasance mai yawan sojoji daga Jamusawa kuma yanayin aiki yana da haɗari.  

## Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu
Latour ba ta tattauna ayyukanta na lokacin yaƙi da iyalinta ba har sai da 'ya'yanta suka gano su ta hanyar karanta labarinsu a Intanet a shekara ta 2000. 

## Girmamawa da kyaututtuka
A watan Satumba na shekarar 1945, an naɗa Latour a matsayin ƙarin memba na Order of the British Empire, don hidima a Faransa a lokacin mamayar Jamus.  Gwamnatin Faransa ta naɗa ta a matsayin Chevalier na Legion of Honor (Knight of the Legion of Honor), a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 2014, a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin cika shekaru 70 na yaƙin Normandy. 

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