Book description
The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never
been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to
the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different
way. Situated near Stevenage, Aston House was one of many British
country houses requisitioned during the Second World War by the
Special Operations Executive (SOE). Born out of Bletchley Park, where
it began life as SIS Section 'D' (for Destruction), Station 12's
scientific and military personnel invented, made and supplied 'toys'
for the Resistance, Commandos, Special Boat Service and SAS. Included
in their deadly arsenal were plastic explosives, limpet mines,
pressure switches, tree spigots, incendiary bombs, incendiary liquids
and arrows, and a variety of time fuses. They worked on the tools for
famous operations, such as the St Nazaire and Bruneval Raids and the
assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. They truly were the boffins who
set Europe ablaze!
