George Langelaan
George Langelaan was born January 19th 1908 in Paris, France.\In World War II, Langelaan was a spy and special agent for the Allied powers as part of the Special Operations Executive. He served in F Section SOE with the rank of Lieutenant. He went by the code name "Langdon". He had plastic surgery to alter his appearance before being dropped into France. On 7 September 1941 he parachuted into occupied France to make contact with the French resistance forces south of Chateauroux, to rescue Edouard Herriot, who was sentenced to death by the Nazis until Langelaan aided in his escape.
After the war in the 1950s and 1960s he wrote his memoirs, novels, and short stories some of which were adapted to films and television.
Langelaan passed away in 1972 at the age of 64.
After the war in the 1950s and 1960s he wrote his memoirs, novels, and short stories some of which were adapted to films and television.
Langelaan passed away in 1972 at the age of 64.
His Works
· One Named Langdon: Memories of a Secret Agent or Un nommé Langdon (1950)
· "The Fly" (in Playboy, June 1957; reprinted in the First Pan Book of Horror Stories, 1959)
· "Strange Miracle" (in Argosy, August 1958)
· The Masks of War: From Dunkirk to D-Day—The Masquerades of a British Intelligence Agent (1959) American edition published by Doubleday
· The Knights of the Floating Silk (1959)
· "Elaine" (in Argosy, January 1959)
· "Danse Macabre" (in Argosy, April 1959)
· "Albatross" (in Argosy, December 1959)
· "The Secret Notebooks of Agent P.P. 751" (1960–1963) series in the publication Controls
· "I Rescued a Harem Wife" (in Suspense, August 1960)
· "Cold Blood" (in New Worlds, October 1961)
· "The Other Hand" (in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1961)
· "Zombie Express Train" (1964)
· "The Dolphin Speaks Too" (1964)
· Out of Time (collection, 1964)
· "Attack-Rifle-2nd"
· "Torpedo the Torpedo"
· "Salad of Heads" (1965)
· The Flight of Anti-G or Le Vol de l'anti-G (1968)
· "The Thinking Robots" or "The Collector of Brains", "Les Robots pensants" in French
· Turncoat (1967)
· The New Parasites or Les Nouveaux parasites in French, with Jean Barral (1969)
· Thirteen Phantoms or Treize fantomes (1971)
· "The Fly" (in Playboy, June 1957; reprinted in the First Pan Book of Horror Stories, 1959)
· "Strange Miracle" (in Argosy, August 1958)
· The Masks of War: From Dunkirk to D-Day—The Masquerades of a British Intelligence Agent (1959) American edition published by Doubleday
· The Knights of the Floating Silk (1959)
· "Elaine" (in Argosy, January 1959)
· "Danse Macabre" (in Argosy, April 1959)
· "Albatross" (in Argosy, December 1959)
· "The Secret Notebooks of Agent P.P. 751" (1960–1963) series in the publication Controls
· "I Rescued a Harem Wife" (in Suspense, August 1960)
· "Cold Blood" (in New Worlds, October 1961)
· "The Other Hand" (in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1961)
· "Zombie Express Train" (1964)
· "The Dolphin Speaks Too" (1964)
· Out of Time (collection, 1964)
· "Attack-Rifle-2nd"
· "Torpedo the Torpedo"
· "Salad of Heads" (1965)
· The Flight of Anti-G or Le Vol de l'anti-G (1968)
· "The Thinking Robots" or "The Collector of Brains", "Les Robots pensants" in French
· Turncoat (1967)
· The New Parasites or Les Nouveaux parasites in French, with Jean Barral (1969)
· Thirteen Phantoms or Treize fantomes (1971)