Noor Khan – Behind Enemy Lines

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The National Archives
Education Service
Noor Khan – Behind
Enemy Lines
Preparation materials for
videoconference/virtual
classroom (KS2)
HS 9/836/5
Noor Khan – Behind Enemy Lines Preparation materials for videoconference/virtual classroom (KS2)
Contents
Teacher’s Notes
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Document 1: HS 9/836/5
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Noor Khan’s Preliminary Report
Transcript 1: HS 9/836/5
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A report on Noor Khan’s training
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Noor Khan’s Finishing Report
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Document 4: HS 7/55
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Training advice on disguise
Transcript 4: HS 7/55
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Document 5: INF 3/488
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SOE Painting
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SOE Painting
Worksheet 1: Who was Noor Khan?
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Worksheet 2: Trainee Agent Notebook
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Teacher’s notes
This pack of documents and transcripts will allow you to prepare your students for the videoconference /
virtual classroom session. It is vital that all students complete the preparatory work beforehand, so that they
are fully prepared for the session.
This videoconference introduces pupils to Noor Inayat Khan, a member of the Special Operations Executive
during the Second World War. Pupils will develop their understanding of the role of the SOE, as well as the
experiences of Noor Khan and the betrayal that led to her arrest. During the videoconference, pupils will be
encouraged to answer Noor Khan’s questions about their own SOE training as ‘trainee agents’. They will also
have the opportunity to ask Noor about her experiences as an agent.
Preparation activity
In preparation for this session, each student will need to complete the following activities:
• Watch a short film clip of Noor Khan talking about wireless training (http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=dVOi3RfvIMk), and examine documents HS 7/55, INF 2/488 and INF 3/502 to complete the
‘Trainee Agent Notebook’.
• Find out more about Noor Khan by examining all the documents in this pack to complete the ‘Who was
Noor Khan?’ worksheet.
Background Information
Noor Inayat Khan was born in Moscow in 1914 to an American mother and Indian father. Her family moved
around a lot when she was a child; first to London and then to Paris where she was educated at the Sorbonne
and later became an author of children’s stories. In 1940 Noor Khan escaped to England after France fell to the
Nazis, and joined the Womens Auxiliary Airforce. She joined the Special Operations Executive in 1942, and was
the first woman to be sent to France to work as a wireless operator. At this point, she had not completed her
training and some in SOE had doubts about her suitability as an agent.
Noor Khan joined the Prosper network. Shortly after her arrival in Paris, the network collapsed and key
members were arrested. She asked to continue to work in France transmitting her wireless messages, in spite
of the danger this placed her in. In October 1943, she was betrayed by a Frenchwoman and captured by
the Gestapo. She had unwisely kept a notebook of all the messages that she had sent, which the Nazis were
then able to use along with her radio, to continue to transmit to London. They tricked London into sending a
number of new agents to France, straight into the hands of the waiting Gestapo.
Noor Khan was sent to Pforzheim Prison in Germany and refused to reveal any further information to the
Nazis. In September 1944, she was transported to Dachau Concentration Camp and executed on the 13th
September.
Noor Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949. Maurice Buckmaster, Head of F Section in
the SOE, wrote about her ‘A most brave and touchingly keen girl. She was determined to do her bit to hit the
Germans, and poor girl, she has.’
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Teacher’s notes continued
Useful links
An SOE mission:
nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/worldwar2/theatres-of-war/western-europe/investigation/
resistance/sources/video/1a/
More training and lectures for work in the field:
resistance/sources/video/1c
Secrets and Spies Topic on the Education website:
nationalarchives.gov.uk/spies
World War Two: Resistance:
resistance
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Document 1: HS 9/836/5 continued
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Form T.2.
S.T.S. No….5…
Preliminary Report (to be submitted at end of Preliminary
Training in triplicate to S.T.S. H.Q.
and fourth copy to Para-Military School)
Party….27X…….
School No…16…..
Name by which known……………….NOOR INAYAT KHAN……………
Grade…………………
The following standard and ability has been obtained in Training at
S.T.S. No….5…
1.Physical Training
Can run very well but otherwise clumsy and shows no aptitude for P.T.
Unsuitable for jumping
2.Fieldcraft
Can’t help being clumsy though she tries very hard and is very keen
and interested
3. Weapon Training
Pretty scared of weapons but tries hard to get over it: has shown a
great improvement in the last few days and with a little more
training should be quite good.
4. Explosives and Demolitions
Here again she tries hard but her natural clumsiness is a big drawback on the practical side. Full understanding of the subject.
5. Signalling and Communications
Her subject.
6. Reports
No aptitude: cannot express herself on paper.
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Transcript 1: HS 9/836/5 continued
7. Map Reading etc.
Very slow to begin with but showed great interest and is now quite
good across country though no use at field sketches etc.
8. Riding or Driving
(a)
Bicycle
(b)
Motor Cycle
(c)
Motor Car
9. Any Special Training (with particulars)
Instructor’s remarks:
Lacked confidence to begin with but has come on very well and shows
Considerable promise. Active, plenty of spirit and could be relied on to come
Up to scratch when the occasion arose
Commandant’s Report:
Hadn’t the foggiest idea what the training was going to be about.
From a shaky start has developed a certain amount of confidence. Energetic.
Experienced w/t operator though she dislikes the work: extremely earnest in her
Intentions and despite a timid manner would probably rise to an emergency.
Date……….10.3.43
191
Signed………..R.C.V. de Wesselow, Major…..
O.C.
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Noor Khan’s Report on completion of training
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Noor Khan’s Report on completion of training
F F/T.2. NAME
S.T.S. 52
Report for F/E
INAYAT-KHAN, Miss
27X.16.
2/4/43
SECRET
Date of arrival
at S.T.S. 52 29/3/43
Country French
Section
Anticipated date of completion of training
(provided W/T 2A received here by) ….. Too early to say
Temperament
Physical condition. G
G
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
INSTRUCTION DURING WEEK:
Morse and Procedure.
40
Technical Lecture “
Practical
W/T Training Elementary
Z” “
Advanced
MORSE Speed
hrs
“
“
“
“
Sends at 16 wpm
Total: 40 Hours
Codes and Letter writing Secret Inks
SECURITY
Physical Training
Revolver Practice
Receives at hrs.
“
“
“
“
19 wpm
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Remarks
In need of practice and tires quickly but is working
well and should make good progress.
C.C.TRAINING
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F Form T. 4.
FINISHING REPORT.
S.T.S. No:
36
Party No: W.X.12
School No:
27X.16
NAME BY WHICH KNOWN. INAYAT KHAN.
GRADE:
-
Particulars of Finishing Training given:
10 days’ W/X Course
REPORT:
Not overburdened with brains * but has worked hard and
shown keenness, apart from some dislike of the security
side of the course. She has an unstable and
**temperamental personality and it is very doubtful whether
she is really suited to work in the field.
CODES.
Was given revision in Innocent Letter
conventions, writing of practice letters,
practice in wording messages, revision of Double
Transposition and envelope opening. More routine
practice is required.
***
Date: 21.5.43
Major
For Commandant, B. Group S.T.S.
*We don’t want them overburdened with brains
**Nonsense
*** Makes me cross. F.
She ought to work as S2
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Document 4: HS 7/55
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Transcript 4: HS 7/55
4. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN YOUR DISGUISE
a).
Golden Rule.
Never come out of character. By this we mean not only from the clothes point of view but from the
mental side also, E.g. if you are a workman do not wear a white collar and black tie, have clean hands
and behave like an educated man
b).
Clothes.
Study in every detail the clothes you are going to wear not forgetting small items such as cut, socks,
tie, handkerchiefs, etc. Different shapes and kinds of hats with alter type.
c).
Personal Effects.
Cigarettes, type of newspaper, contents of paper, E.g. watches.
d).
Hair.
If it should be long or short, whether it should be tidy or untidy.
e).
Your Face.
Whether it should be dirty or clean, whether it should be shaved or unshaven, whether it should be
pale or sunburnt.
f).
Teeth.
Whether they should be clean or not.
g).
Hands.
Nails, dirty or clean, and your hands white or dirty or hard worked.
h).
Feet.
Whether you wear shoes or boots, whether these should be clean or dirty.
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Transcript 4: HS 7/55 continued
i).
Mannerisms.
Practice until your old mannerisms (such as playing with your right ear, etc.) are forgotten and your
new mannerisms have become part of you
j).
Walk.
If you had any peculiarity in your carriage or your walk, practice until you have conquered the old
ones and obtained new ones
k).
Handwriting.
For signature or name if needed, educated or not. Whether you should sign as if you are used to
signing it or whether you should handle your pen as though it were strange to you.
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SOE Painting
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SOE Painting
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Worksheet 1 - Trainee Agent Notebook
Trainee Agent Notebook
Use this notebook to record important and useful information during your training.
Watch the short film clip of Noor Khan
Look carefully at the SOE training advice
talking about wireless training.
on disguise (HS 7/55).
List three handy tips that she gives you about List three things that you should remember
becoming a good wireless operator.
about being ‘in disguise’.
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Study the two paintings of SOE agents in action (INF 3/488, INF 3/502).
What types of things do these paintings show SOE agents doing?
Why do SOE agents need to carry out these activities? How does it help our country during
the war?
Good luck with your training!
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E.g. Photograph
Type of Document
(Who? What? Where?
When?)
It shows a picture of a
woman. She looks quite
young. The photograph is
in black and white
What does it show us?
The woman could be Noor Khan or
someone she knew
How does it help us find out more
about Noor Khan?
Who is the woman?
What questions would you like to
ask about it?
Worksheet 2 - Who was Noor Khan?
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Noor Khan – Behind Enemy Lines

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