Landing from the sailing ship Seadog at Golfe-Juan, shortly afterwards he made contact with Girard and Henri Frager at Cannes.

Girard put him in contact with colonel Vautrin, formerly head of Paul Reynaud's cabinet, and asked for large quantities of arms, which Bodington promised to supply.

[6] Major General Colin Gubbins head of SOE wrote of his successful mission, "As a result of his ingenuity, resourcefulness and perseverance, it has been possible to establish close relations with a very important group of French patriots.

[citation needed] Preparing to return to France Bodington discussed the situation with Buckmaster and left a note on record at SOE Headquarters dated 23 June 1943 concerning Dericourt, "we know he is in contact with the Germans and also how and why" (suggesting that he may have been feeding the Germans with false intelligence provided by London.

[11] He was to clarify the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Prosper network in June and the role of Déricourt, who was strongly suspected of having betrayed several agents.

[12] Having escaped the Germans,[13] Bodington exonerated Déricourt (though he was dismissed from SOE) and tried to convince SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan to return to England (she refused)[citation needed], Bodington returned on the night of 16–17 August 1943 by Westland Lysander along with Lise and Claude de Baissac.

[15][16] For the following six months he lectured and wrote reports on the intricacies of the French political situation for the forces preparing for the Allied invasion of France.

[19] Jedburgh involved teams drawn from SAS, SOE, OSS and French intelligence operated behind German lines as liaison between French resistance groups and Allied command, supplying the resistance with equipment and directing them in acts of sabotage coordinated with the military situation.

[21] Bodington was recommended for a gallantry award, the Military Cross for his service in France, the recommendation recorded his previous missions to France and his return despite knowing that the Gestapo had his photograph and adds that – In the short time at his disposal Bodington arranged several receptions of arms and stores (parachuted by the Royal Air Force) to the French resistance in the Marne Department and organised guerrilla warfare against enemy garrisons and convoys passing through the area.

In the St. Dizier,[22] and Chaumont regions he took part in several clashes with the enemy and showed great courage in dealing with German formations by the use of the BAZOOKA and the PIAT.

[23] Bodington worked for both Special Operations Executive and also the "Secret Intelligence Service" MI6, possibly simultaneously, and as the result of internal rivalries appears to have been the victim of an internal smear campaign suggesting that he may have had wartime contact with the German Sicherheitsdienst (the Nazi intelligence service) which was not always in the best interest of his country.

The National Archives in London hold a file documenting an investigation carried out into these claims from February to July 1945 which it classifies as : Nicholas Redner Bodington: British.

[25] In June 1948 he was a witness at the trial of Henri Déricourt, who was known to have had contact with the German Sicherheitsdienst and Gestapo and is often regarded as having been a double or triple agent.

was published by Andre Deutsch,[26] In the 6-episode TV docudrama "Lost Women Spies" (2024), which is about the life of the high-ranking SOE-spymaster Vera Atkins, Nicolas Bodington is portrayed by the actor Sean Pogmore.