Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during
the Second World War - was used as the principal training school
for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. Polish agents at
the stately home undertook a series of arduous training courses in
guerilla warfare before being parachuted into occupied Europe. In
1943, Audley End was placed exclusively under polish control, a
situation unique within SOE. The training was tough and the success
rate low, but a total of 527 agents passed through Audley End
between 1942 and 1944. Ian Valentine has consulted a wide range of
primary sources and interviewed Polish instructors and former
agents who trained at Audley End to write the definitive account of
this Essex country house and the vital but secret part it played in
defeating Hitler. He examines the comprehensive training agents at
Audley End and describes the work undertaken by Station 43's agents
in Europe, set against the background of Polish wartime history. He
also covers the vital link with the RAF's Special Duties squadrons,
whose crews risked their lives dropping agents into occupied
Europe. Station 43 breaks new ground in telling the hitherto until
story of Audley End house and its role as a vital SOE training
school.
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