Fernando Po

In real life, the operatives sailed two ships from Britain to Fernando Po.

Onscreen, March-Phillipps leads a bloody raid on an enemy camp to free Appleyard on the way to Fernando Po.

Marjorie Stewart was a spy and did work for the SOE, but she was not part of the Fernando Po team.

Unfortunately the refueling operations, accomplished via a few Italian boats, were parked on a Spanish-controlled island called Fernando Po, located just off the coast of West Africa — in neutral territory.

He had had a foot bitten off by a shark in the Bay of Fernando Po.