Monique Hanotte

Monique Hanotte
Hanotte in uniform around 1944
Born
Henriette Hanotte

10 August 1920
Nivelles, Belgium
Died20 February 2022(2022-02-20) (aged 101)
NationalityBelgian
Known forBelgian Resistance member
AwardsMBE (UK)
Medal of Freedom (USA)

Henriette Hanotte MBE (10 August 1920 – 20 February 2022), also known as Monique Hanotte, was a Belgian resistance member during World War II. From the age of nineteen, she aided the escape of nearly 140 airmen from occupied Belgium into France as part of the Comet Line. She was given the codename 'Monique' by the British War Office, a name she then used throughout her life.[1]

  1. ^ Shute, Joe (8 August 2020). "Monique Hanotte: The teenage Belgian spy who walked 140 airmen to freedom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2020.