serviceyears branch commands codename death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1943 -- 1945 special operations executive french resistance wheelwright annette 25 december 1997 fleet , hampshire , united kingdom shanghai , china united kingdom 23px france 23px mbe médaille de la résistance , légion d'honneur , croix de guerre , world war ii 18 december 1909 field agent and radio operator yvonne cormeau.jpg yvonne cormeau
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yvonne cormeau

yvonne cormeau , born beatrice yvonne biesterfeld -lrb- 18 december 1909 , shanghai , china -- 25 december 1997 , fleet , hampshire , england -rrb- was a heroine of the special operations executive -lrb- soe -rrb- during the second world war who was the second female radio operator to be sent to france and who talked her way out of arrest by pretending her wireless was an x-ray machine .
