Jack Agazarian was captured by the Germans on 30 July 1943 when he showed up for a scheduled meeting with a fellow agent.
18 Facts About Jack Agazarian
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Jack Agazarian was born in London, to an Armenian father, Berge Rupen Jack Agazarian, and French mother, Jacqueline Marie-Louise Le Chevalier, the second of six children.
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Jack Agazarian was educated in both France and England at Dulwich College.
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Jack Agazarian joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 soon after the outbreak of World War II and the SOE's French Section on 30 May 1942 and was trained as a wireless operator.
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Jack Agazarian received an honorary commission as a pilot officer in the RAFVR on 10 September 1942.
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Jack Agazarian was promoted to honorary flying officer on 12 January 1943.
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On 29 December 1942 Jack Agazarian parachuted into France near Etrepagny and made his way to Paris to join the newly created Prosper network headed by Francis Suttill.
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Jack Agazarian was the second of Prosper's two radio operators.
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Jack Agazarian reported that he sent and received messages for more than 20 SOE agents.
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Jack Agazarian accepted the two Dutch men as authentic SOE agents and took on the task of arranging a flight for them to England with Dericourt, the air operations officer.
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Jack Agazarian escaped and continued to work with the other Dutch agent.
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At SOE headquarters in London, Jack Agazarian defended himself against the charges by Suttill and reported that Dericourt was a security risk.
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However, an eye-witness said that Bodington ordered Jack Agazarian to attend the meeting.
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Jack Agazarian was arrested by the Germans when he arrived at the meeting site.
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Jack Agazarian was later moved to Flossenburg concentration camp in Germany and was executed on 29 March 1945.
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Just prior to his execution Jack Agazarian tapped out in Morse code on the wall of his cell a message to his wife.
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Jack Agazarian is honored on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England, on the SOE memorial at Flossenburg, and on the Roll of Honor on the Valencay SOE Memorial in Valencay, in the Indre departement of France.
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Jack Agazarian received a posthumous mention in dispatches on 13 June 1946, and was awarded the Legion d'honneur and Croix de guerre by France.