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French to honour WWII night ops hero

A former squadron leader who flew agents of the Special Operations Executive into Nazi-held Europe is to be guest of honour at the opening of a new museum to the Resistance in France.

Wing Commander Leonard Ratcliffe, 91, is the last surviving squadron leader who led secret wartime missions to drop SOE agents into occupied Europe.

Operating from RAF Tempsford in Bedfordshire and under cover of darkness, he took part in more than 70 operations behind enemy lines.

He would often pilot bombers deep into Germany, parachuting in saboteurs....

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