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Peggy van Lier
- Post-war he worked for Fisons until 1967, then ran a bookshop in Suffolk with his wife, the former Peggy van Lier (1915–2000), a member of the Belgian "Comet line", whom he had married in 1944. They had four sons and a daughter.
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Maydon Langley MBE MC (12 March 1916 – 10 April 1983) was an officer in the British Army, who served during World War II. Wounded and captured at the battle of Dunkirk in mid-1940, he later returned to Britain and served in MI9 .
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Drawing on declassified files and eye witness testimonies from across Europe, Helen Fry provides a significant reassessment of MI9’s wartime role. Central to its success were figures such as Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry, and Mary Lindell—one of only a few women parachuted into enemy territory for MI9.
One reply was from a lady in Lancaster (Marion, Bryan Park's widow) whose husband's story was very similar to Jimmie's. She told me that her husband drove Major Langley and Major Johnston around and he was at the Liberation of Belsen.
Although the escape lines were controlled by MI6’s man Claude Dansey, the daily coordination was delegated by Dansey to Jimmy Langley and Airey Neave. But as they later admitted, the real risks were taken in occupied Europe, the Middle East or Far East.
Oct 27, 2020 · Central to its success were figures such as Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry, and Mary Lindell—one of only a few women parachuted into enemy territory for MI9.
- Helen Fry
- Yale University Press, 2020
- unabridged
Central to its success were figures such as Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry, and Mary Lindell-one of only a few women parachuted into enemy territory for MI9. This astonishing account combines escape and evasion tales with the previously untold stories behind the establishment of MI9-and reveals how the organization saved thousands of lives.
What did M.I.9 do? M.I.9 created and supported a network of escape and evasion lines across war-torn Europe to ensure the safe return of Allied fighters. These escape lines were essential in the Total War against Nazi Germany. Every individual was vital to the fight, and failure wasn’t an option.
