AM 290 SOE Operation HALTER VII 4 Moonlight
Beskrivelse
Særmelding BBC : " Nye kaker stinker mest "
Code: "Lemon" Signal bakke: "L" Signal fly: "P"
EUREKA: BUTTON 5 mls@5500
GEE: NA
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND MERKNAD
18 3 600 355 140 05:50
18 3 500 356 138 06:15
Squad: RAF 295
1. P/O Sessions Stirling IV LJ576 8Z-E UAX "A" Flight
2. F/O Webster Stirling IV LJ950 8E-U KHE "B" Flight
Out: 21:20/21:30 DROP 02:10-14 C/02:26-28 C
- 1
- 151952 F/O Sessions T M B Pilot
- 152295 F/O Vaux J M S Nav
- 1317962 F/S Walteres C W A/B
- 945345 W/O Hemmings A W/Op
- 156597 F/O Jones R B A/G
- 1869999 Sgt Bryant A J F/Eng
- 2
- 150644 F/O Webster B F Pilot
- 162365 F/O Ward E Nav
- 163843 F/O Greaves R E S/B
- 1684049 Sgt Ferns A W/Op
- 1615907 Sgt Thurgood R W A/G
- 1594998 Sgt Delderfield J F F/Eng
1.DZ identified by 3 lights, red-white-white, with aldis lamp (white) flashing "L" next to red light. By EUREKA picked up 5 miles away at 5500 ft, coding "L" on F.Z. This was an AB area as fixed Eureka "FA" which was also picked up 16 miles away at 5500ft, the blips were inclined to merge with ground return. Position was also pin pointed at north of TYNN LAKE, no hang ups, all dropped.
Completed successfully on HALTER 7.
Norway: 5815/0820E - 01:20 10000' 5815/0820E - 02:46 10000'
Very bumpy - turbulent among mountains. Good vis. at DZ. 20/30 miles. No cloud. Wind 350/50 miles in Skagerak at 800 ft.
Christiansand 03:15 1000', slight flak seen.
2. DZ indentified by physical features and letter flashing "L". Dropped on centre light. Fixed EUREKA picked up 32 miles off at 6000' on Channel A.A, coded F.A. EUREKA on DZ not working.
Enemy coast: 01:35 10000' 03:02 10000'
Visibility at DZ excellent - no cloud. Cloud over route base 1500', average 4/10, wind at DZ, 340/40 mils, 7000'. Successful trip.
01:35 and 03:25 Christiansand, 6000',- Heavy flak on part quarter about 5 milles off going in, and starboard quarter coming out, bursting 10000' ******.
Field reported: Received 3 loads. 3rd load was: Stirrup 10 F/Lt Watkins W D
Air-27-1644_2 104 AIR-27-2583_3 p 314+317
Den 2. mars fikk vi igjen slipp Ira 3 fly med tilsammen 51 containere og 3
pakker. Av dette var 21 matcontainere og resten våpen, ammunisjon og sprengstoff. I pakkene var det elektrisk materiell og endelig tobakk og sjokolade samt litt klær og noen strømper.
("Krigshistorie, den sanne historien, hva er det?" Halvor Lurås)
Til Sted
| Tittel | Lenke |
|---|---|
| Helletjørnnut | Se mer |
Fra Base
| Tittel | Lenke |
|---|---|
| RAF Rivenhall | Se mer |
Deltakere
| Navn | Lenke |
|---|---|
| P/O Sessions | Se mer |
| F/O Webster | Se mer |
Transportmiddel
| Navn | Lenke |
|---|---|
| Short Stirling IV LJ576 8Z-B ✬ | Se mer |
| Short Stirling IV LJ950 8E-U ✬ ✝ | Se mer |
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