Code Name Verity

This part is narrated by Maddie, or Margaret Brodatt, whose code name is Kittyhawk. It begins with Maddie safely hidden, for the moment, with the Thibaut family, who are members of the French Resistance. Clearly, Maddie did not die in the plane crash and subsequent fire. There are no chapter numbers or chapter divisions.

Maddie’s narrative begins with her realization that she has Julie’s false identity papers, which name her as Katharina Habicht. Maddie writes her story in her pilot’s notebook, though she realizes that this is not very smart. If she is caught, her whole story will be available to the Nazis. Furthermore, the British would also prosecute her for writing down her story and possibly betraying British secrets to the Nazis. It has been two days since she landed.

Maddie proceeds to write a report of her flight to France. The flight to France was on October 11, 1943. She describes the takeoff and the damage sustained by antiaircraft fire. She writes that the cargo was 500 pounds of explosives and detonating wire.

Upon landing her aircraft without much damage, she finds members of the French resistance waiting for her, among them Paul, who is in charge of a Resistance circuit called Damask, and Mitraillette Thibaut, a farmer’s daughter.