After The Battle #121 – SOE and The Spindle Circuit

Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of the Special Operations Executive agent Odette Sansom and depicts the locations of the operations of the Spindle Circuit in south – eastern France, illustrating the story through the 1950 film, Odette, made by Herbert Wilcox. Veterans Return – The Hammelburg Raid – 2003 – Oberstleutnant Peter Domes escorts a group of American veterans including the leader of Task Force Baum in a re – visit of the route travelled in 1945, as described in issue 91. It Happened Here – The Savernake Forest Explosions – Mike Christensen takes a look at the site where a series of explosions rocked the area used for storing US bombs. Wreck Recovery – Adrian Warburton RAF Photo Recce Ace and The Mystery of Adrian Warburton Solved – Robin J. Brooks describes the career of Wing Commander Adrian Warburton who vanished in April 1944 during a mission over Germany, while Hermann Laage and Norbert Ršdel describe the discovery of his crash site west of Munich. —- Binders for After The Battle magazines are also available – click to view