The Autun raid was a joint SAS-French Resistance operation that targeted the German fuel plant at Autun in Saone-et-Loire amid the liberation of France in 1944.
By 8 August 1944, the Polish 1st Armored Division was gearing up for an offensive against the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion as part of the Allied drive on Falaise. However, the Germans enjoyed an advantage in armor and supplies, so the Poles relied on British assistance to cut off the panzer troops' supply lines. British SAS soldiers Major Gerald Ingram, Sergeant James Doyle, and Corporal Duncan Keith joined forces with the French Resistance leader Pierre LaRoche and his officers Marcel LaMonde and Isabelle DuFontaine for an attack on the German fuel depot at Autun. At 7 AM, the Allies assaulted the depot's train yard, opening the main gate after clearing the perimeter defenses. 2 Section was dispatched to hold the entrance as 1 Section destroyed any facilities that were useful to the Germans. Doyle was able to place explosive charges on the fuel silos before escaping in jeeps, but a German Tiger tank pursued them as they fled the exploding facility. Ingram's jeep crashed during the escape, and he was captured by the Germans and regarded as missing-in-action by his comrades.