Andree Peel, French heroine who saved 102 Allied pilots from the Nazis, dies aged 105
History • March 2010 • Views: 196
An unsung Second World War heroine who saved more than 100 lives and survived a Nazi death squad has died aged 105.
Andree Peel, who was known as Agent Rose, helped 102 British and American pilots escape from her native France.
The resistance fighter was imprisoned in two concentration camps but was liberated and went on to settle in Long Ashton, Bristol, after the war.