Daylight rendezvous
Brook Richards First published 2004 (Frank Cass) This two-volume edition published Pen and Sword 2012
It seemed amazing that so many people could be hidden in the little cockleshell of a boat
Operation Marie-Louise was the rescue of Resistance leader Gilbert Renault (Rémy)’s family from Occupied France in 1942. It involved disguising a refugee motor trawler from Concarneau to mingle with legitimate Breton fishing vessels and achieve a daylight rendezvous. RNVR Lieutenant Steven Mackenzie, who led a crew of North Sea fishermen, wrote this account.
Third time lucky? We were growing a little sceptical of success. The delays on the French side were not, I know, of Rémy’s choosing. Indeed his
