Madeleine Lavigne | |
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| Born | 6 February 1912 Lyon, France |
| Died | 24 February 1945 (aged 33) Paris, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service | Special Operations Executive, French Resistance |
| Years of service | 1940-1944 |
| Rank | Field agent (courier) |
| Unit | SOE F Section, Network Silversmith |
Madeleine Lavigne (born, Lyon, February 6, 1912 - died, Paris, February 24, 1945), code name Isabelle, was a member of the French Resistance and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Lavigne parachuted into the Saône-et-Loire Department of France near Taizé on May 23, 1944 and worked as a wireless operator and a courier for the Silversmith network (or circuit). She died of an embolism.