AM 059 SOE/SIS Operation CHAFFINCH II / SIS operation AQUILA
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Særmelding BBC : " "
Code : Signal bakke: Signal fly: ?
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
0/9 1/0 800 130 05:15
Squad: RAF 138
1. F/O KUZMICKI Halifax III LK627 NF-P
Out: 21:00 Drop: C
1. Captains report.
Tempsford 19/20/4-1943 21:00 Halifax aircraft P627 took off on operation CENTAUR/CHAFFINCH 2 captained by F/O KUZMICKI. Target Norway. Operation completed. Landed Base 05:15 hr
1 agent, AQUILA - Oluf Reed Olsen med sendeplan CENTAUR.
AIR-27-956-1_1 p 137
Operasjonen i RAF 138 loggbok har fått to operasjoner:
Centaur og Chaffinch 2.
I tillegg hadde de med Oluf Reed Olsen, som hoppet på Eikerskogen i SIS AQUILA, men han er ikke nevnt i ORB eller MR. Men han var på Tempsford samtidig som Evensen som ble droppet på ALGOL og som omkom fordi skjermen ikke virket.
"Aquila" with agent "Centaur" Oluf Reed Olsen
F/O Kuzmicki and his crew flew the sole 138 Squadron sortie this night, likewise to Norway coded CENTAUR & CHAFFINCH 2. They crossed the coast at Jomfruland flying at 2000 feet thence to Hollen and to the target. Here they parachuted one passenger blind at an estimated dropping point, 'slightly north of pinpoint'. This was undoubtedly Oluf Reed-0lsen's second attempt as described in his book Two Eggs On My Plate. The dispatcher comments "Jumped OK" but did not realise that Olsen was unconscious having struck the tailwheel and was swinging violently on the end of his static line, his parachute having failed to release. Olsen says in his book he regained consciousness looking up at the rear turret and then realised that his parachute had partially opened and he was dropping to the ground much too fast. He landed heavily, a tree breaking his fall, the canopy of his parachute spread in its upper branches. He had dislocated his right knee.
The ORB says he was dropped from 800 feet above ground at an airspeed of 130 mph. Kuzmicki then flew to a reception 18 minutes away and dropped 9 containers. "
Agents by the Moonlight page 155/156.
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Fra Base
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| F/O Kuzmicki, Mieczysław | Se mer |
| Oluf Reed Olsen | Se mer |
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| Handley Page Halifax V LK627 NF-P ✬ ✝ | Se mer |
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