AM 333 SOE Operation BIT XXIII 4 Goldcrest
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Særmelding BBC : «Fotsålen tygger tobakk»Code : NO7 Signal bakke: "R" Signal fly: NA
EUREKA: NA
GEE: NA
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
18 3 500 270 140 03:00 OF/
1: F/O Nichol J E Stirling IV LK254 5G-A "A" Flight
Out 18:35 Drop: 22:17 C
- J24271 F/O Nichol J E Pilot
- R183681 W/O Worth H E Nav
- R156741 W/O Grayston J A/B
- 1681169 Sgt Lightfoot J Wop/Air
- R200032 W/O Roach T D A/G
- 3005679 Jessup J H F.E.
Successfully dropped 18C+3P on DZ 5954N-1011E by map reading,. Weather over DZ clear. L/F from ship at 5825N-0845E no damage. Large fire seen in same position thought to be ship on fire. Good trip. No hangups.
Route: Base - 5400/0150W - 5745/0830E - 5816/0830E - 5845/0930 E - 5950/0900E - DZ - RSR
Nor: 5820/0840E 21:11 7000' 2817/0831E 23:05 7000'.-
Clear over DZ en route cloudy down to 500', 10/10ths , wind as briiefe d Cloud lowering to 300' on return
AIR-27-1654-22 p16 AIR-27-2587 p74
A planned operation to Norway was cancelled on the night of the 24th due to weather.
It was a short reprieve, Norway was chalked on the briefing board on the 25th, but the squadron would provide just four crews on three separate S.O.E drops.
Flying Officer Tovell suffered a generator malfunction aboard 5G-F and failed to take-off, and BIT33 to Slettefjell with 5G-F was unsucessful.
The only success was achieved by the crew at 5G-A LK254 of F/O J.E Nichol on at 'Bit 23' an isolated DZ "Breskemyr" miles from the nearest village of Sylling, in the county of Viken, Norway. Arriving over the DZ at 2:06 hrs, the crew spent the next 11 minutes dropping the containers and packages 'dead on the DZ'. The only opposition was on the route home, when at 23:05 hours a flak ship made its presence known producing a colourful array of tracer fire.
Flight Sergeant Cross and crew on 5G-E LJ844 were on their first operation since arriving on the squadron. They orbited 'Bit 31' for 27 minutes hoping for a signal from below. It was a risky activity given the German defences but resulted in failure.
New Zealander W/O Brown RNZAF did not receive any reception over his DZ. What he did observe was reported to the Intelligence Officer on return, ' Blazing aircraft apparently trying to hold height, eventually crashing into the deck at 21:34 hours\53 and BIT13 for 5G-I LJ874 - was unsucessful.
#Se "Smith, Steve C "Dropping Hope From The Sky No. 299...."
Til Sted
| Tittel | Lenke |
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| BRESKEMYR | Se mer |
Fra Base
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| RAF Shepherds Grove | Se mer |
Deltakere
| Navn | Lenke |
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| F/O Nichol J E | Se mer |
Fremdrift
| Navn | Lenke |
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| Short Stirling IV LK254 5G-A ✬ | Se mer |
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Nyttige lenker
| Tittel | Lenke |
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| Smith, Steve C "Dropping Hope From The Sky No. 299 Squadron Operations 1944-46" | Se mer |