Special Duties Service Analysis in Code Name Verity

Special Duties refers both to the organization that worked in radar during World War II, as well as the group of pilots and airplanes who ferried people and supplies to and from Resistance groups in Nazi-occupied France. Planes used by Special Duties were marked with an S on the side.

Special Duties Service Quotes in Code Name Verity

The Code Name Verity quotes below are all either spoken by Special Duties Service or refer to Special Duties Service. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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She heard a lot of cursing from the front before the pilot pulled himself together and reset his course. Then she heard his sheepish “Thanks, mate.”

Thanks, mate. Maddie hugged herself with pride and pleasure. I’m one of them, she thought. I’m on my way to France. I might as well be operational.

Related Characters: Michael (speaker), Maddie Brodatt, Julie/The Narrator/Queenie/Verity

Page Number and Citation: 156

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Special Duties Service Term Timeline in Code Name Verity

The timeline below shows where the term Special Duties Service appears in Code Name Verity. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...and then beat them back. Maddie was sworn to secrecy and given the title “ special duties clerk,” or clk/sd for short. She trained in radar for six weeks and was made... (full context)

...S on the side to its base later. Theo said the plane was for RAF Special Duties . Special Duties was very hush-hush, but Theo implied that those were the planes landing... (full context)

...The narrator interjects to note that the Moon Squadron is the group that uses the Special Duties airfield. The squadron only flies by moonlight, and the narrator has no idea where their... (full context)

Maddie has, by this time, spent some time at the Special Duties airfield (she’s even slept in their cottage). She knew they needed pilots who can fly... (full context)

The Special Duties squadron leader was supposed to take Queenie to France. The Moon Squadron was down to... (full context)

...it out and had to blow it up instead. So now, Maddie isn’t the only Special Duties pilot stuck here. Everyone in England desperately wants to get Maddie home, but it’s a... (full context)

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Special Duties Service Term Analysis

Special Duties Service Quotes in Code Name Verity

Special Duties Service Term Timeline in Code Name Verity