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Diana Rowden served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, & then Special Operations Executive.
She died in a concentration camp when she was 29 years old, when the Nazis executed her.
Diana Rowden served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, & then Special Operations Executive.
She died in a concentration camp when she was 29 years old, when the Nazis executed her.
I championed Rowden’s cause in a recent Balloon Debate with @CWOWomen. I lost to @Edwina_Currie who had chosen Margaret Thatcher. That outcome may very well seem to you to be predictable. But let me tell you about my candidate & why I chose her.
Educated in part in Surrey, in part in Italy and in part on the French Riviera, she was a young British patriot who knew a part of occupied Europe well & her French was excellent- making her a tremendous asset in the making.
