Juliane Aisner
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| Juliane Aisner | |
|---|---|
| 1919 – 1980s | |
| Place of birth | France |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom, France |
| Service/branch | Special Operations Executive, French Resistance |
| Years of service | 1941-1943 |
| Rank | Field agent and guerrilla commander |
| Commands held | Farrier |
| Relations | Charles Besard |
Juliane Aisner (b. 1919, France - d. 1980s) was a World War II Resistance Agent, working the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
French by birth, Aisner was recurited by Henri Dericourt (her friend and former lover) to work with the SOE in Paris in February 1941. Her role was to find safe houses for SOE agents to live and operate from.
By April 1941 the situation in France had changed and Dericourt arranged for an RAF plane to pick Aisner up. She was flown to England for training with the SOE. Having completed her training, she returned to France in a Lysander aircraft with fellow female SOE operative Vera Leigh on the night of the 13 May 1941.
She was highly successful, working alongside Charles Besnard and having completed her mission returned to England in April 1943 with him. In 1944 Aisner and Besnard married.
After the liberation of France, Aisner and Besnard returned to live in Paris where she remained until her death in the early 1980s.
