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Germans as he was leaving a telephone booth. While he was being driven to SD headquarters, he managed to open a door on the moving automobile, push a German out the door, jump out of the auto, and disappear into the crowd on the busy street. Benoist took refuge in the apartment of a friend. With the Germans closing in on him, Benoist escaped over the roofs of neighboring buildings. Entering one building, a night watchman recognised him as the famous race car driver and said, "You look as though you could use a drink." Benoist and the watchman shared a drink and then Benoist continued his flight. Benoist next took refuge for twelve days in the apartment of his secretary, Stella Tayssedre, who kept him informed of what she knew of the German search for him.
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during the trip. Wilkinson described him as "charming", a person "one could trust," and "one who could have been the leader of the group if he had tried." During the trip, the train was attacked and disabled by allied fighter planes, although none of the prisoners were hurt. The prisoners were loaded
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Benoist trained in explosives while in
England. Because of his fame SOE was reluctant to send him back to France, but on the night of 19-20 October 1943, he flew back to France on a limited mission to create the Clergyman network. His code name was "Lionel". His job was to organise a group to destroy
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Benoist had not been at the chateau during the German raid. Hearing of the raid, he went into hiding, but attempted to find out what had happened. The German SD intercepted one of his phone calls and learned that he was at the Place Gambetta in Paris. On 4 August, Benoist was apprehended by
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and his subordinates for nearly a month. Kieffer's methods of interrogation were often apparent kindness combined with suggestions that prisoner had been betrayed by one of his own and that SD knew all there was to know about him and his network. Benoist was led to believe that
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Chestnut network began on 31 July 1943 when a German direction-finding van pinpointed the location of Chestnut's radio operator Roland Dowlen and captured him. On 1 August, Robert's brother, Maurice, was captured. The next day Maurice Benoist led the German
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in Nantes when instructed to do so by SOE. To carry out the mission, Benoist was given 500,000 francs (about 50,000 British pounds in 2022 values) and told to request more money if necessary. To facilitate communication,
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parcels containing food, and taken to the railroad station where they boarded a train for
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rather than spies. After a few days of brutal treatment, all 34 of the male prisoners were loaded into trucks and taken to
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endurance race. Following that victory, Benoist retired from driving, but continued to run Bugatti's racing department.
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1649:Earl Bamber
1511:Frank Biela
1387:Luis Fontés
1326:Saward 2006
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849:Motor Sport
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615:Co-Drivers
593:of France.
590:departement
567:Reims-Gueux
539:RavensbrĂĽck
523:SaarbrĂĽcken
438:Loire River
353:to win the
333:to win the
286:Albert Divo
241:World War I
225:Rambouillet
149:Best finish
88:Nationality
2275:Categories
2260:Winkelhock
2215:Vaccarella
2175:Scarfiotti
2110:Pier Guidi
2090:N. Nielsen
2085:J. Nielsen
1990:HĂĽlkenberg
1920:Giovinazzi
1820:G. Brabham
1815:D. Brabham
1785:Benjafield
1659:Tim Birkin
1598:Al Holbert
1556:Three-time
1506:Derek Bell
1490:Jacky Ickx
1360:10 January
1105:0714655287
885:10 January
856:References
720:Series 75
519:Neue Bremm
477:safe house
343:Alfa Romeo
326:in Spain.
215:Early life
197:Grand Prix
164:Class wins
74:Buchenwald
47:1895-03-20
2245:Whitehead
2205:Trémoulet
2170:Sanderson
2165:Salvadori
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2150:J. Rosier
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2015:Kobayashi
2000:Johansson
1975:Hindmarsh
1885:Étancelin
1664:Ivor Bueb
1593:Phil Hill
1525:Four-time
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1467:Nine-time
1132:Foot 2004
1076:9 January
584:, in the
509:Red Cross
397:Auffargis
273:de Marçay
239:. During
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1965:Herrmann
1950:Hawthorn
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1805:Blundell
1745:Alboreto
1733:One-time
1689:JJ Lehto
1637:Two-time
1483:Six-time
1047:17 March
582:Valençay
473:Sermaise
466:Normandy
425:Briollay
337:race in
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2235:Warwick
2230:Wallace
2145:Rondeau
2105:Ortelli
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2010:Kidston
1970:G. Hill
1960:Herbert
1935:Guichet
1930:Gregory
1865:Dickens
1840:Clement
1835:Chaboud
1825:Brundle
1810:Bouchut
1795:Bianchi
1790:Benoist
1775:Barilla
1770:Bandini
1760:Attwood
1458:of the
1456:Winners
769:G Tank
347:Bugatti
339:Belgium
320:Bugatti
313:British
309:Italian
305:Spanish
278:Salmson
237:Maurice
223:, near
78:Germany
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2220:Veyron
2190:Shelby
2185:Sekiya
2115:Pironi
2100:Oliver
2080:Molina
2020:Krages
1955:HĂ©lary
1940:Gurney
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1890:Fontés
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1830:Calado
1740:AĂŻello
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458:allied
442:Nantes
421:Angers
301:French
282:Delage
209:Nantes
106:career
98:French
58:France
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2195:Smith
2160:Rubin
2125:Rindt
2120:Riess
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2050:LĂłpez
2005:Jones
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1900:Frère
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1855:Davis
1800:Bloch
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1765:Baldi
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609:Year
586:Indre
379:Paris
132:Itala
127:Teams
112:Years
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2035:Lang
1995:Jani
1985:Howe
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1895:Foyt
1870:Duff
1845:Cobb
1750:Amon
1399:1937
1362:2024
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