• Operation Albumen

Date of birth:

October 19th, 1911 (Cherbourg, France)

Date of death:

December 11th, 1985 (Cambo-les-Bains, France)

Nationality:

French

The son of an officer from Saint-Cyr, Jacques Mouhot grew up in garrison towns throughout France and occupied Germany. Before the war, he was a ski instructor in the Abondance Valley and a gifted swimmer.

He was captured during the French campaign and escaped via North Africa, Tangier, and Gibraltar. He eventually reached London and joined Captain Bergé's elite paratroopers, who had joined the Free French.

He was captured a second time after Operation Albunem, but managed to escape again. Mouhot recounts what happened next:

"We were sent to a Kommandatur and sentenced to death. We were locked up in cells, where we stayed for two weeks, and then sent to Germany, near Frankfurt. Sibard left us four or five days later to go to the hospital. I tried to escape with my captain, but I managed to slip through the bars alone. A few days later, I was recaptured. This time, Captain Bergé and I were sent to Oflag X.C. I tried to escape twice: the first time, I was recaptured. A few days later, the second time, I was recaptured at the Dutch border and sent to a stalag, from where I escaped for the last time. I went to the Netherlands, then to Belgium, France, Spain, and Gibraltar, from where I took a plane and arrived in England on September 11, 1943."

He then rejoined the SAS in August 1943. He served with 2 RCP in 1943-1944 and with 4 SAS in 1944. He took part in Operations Samwest and Grog.

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• - SIBARD, J. L., Mission En Crete, Societe des Etudes Historiques Cretoises, 2006.
  - Les Français Libres, de juin 1940 à juillet 1943

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