Odette Victoria Wilen (née Sar, latterly Strugo, 25 April 1919 – 22 September 2015) was a member of the UK's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II.
Odette married Dennis Wilen, a Finnish RAF pilot instructor, in June 1940,[2] however he was killed in a flying accident in 1942.
Initially, she worked for SOE as a Conducting Officer then in February 1944 she requested transfer to training as an active field agent.
[6] The willingness of SOE to send wireless operators into the field with incomplete training attests to the desperate need to fill this important role.
Despite only knowing her for three days, at the end of the war Santiago left Spain to marry Wilen in London in March 1946.