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AM 405 BIT 31 (GOLDCREST) 3 Bråtevann – 26. februar 1945
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Særmelding BBC : «Sne som laken»
Code : STOLEN Signal bakke: L Signal fly: ?
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
18 3 03:20 SI/IM/LR
Squad: RAF299
1: F/S Cross F J Stirling IV LJ644 5G-E
Out 18:29 Drop: DZ 22:10-37 NC
- 1176687 F/Sgt Cross F J Pilot
- 1579953 F/Sgt Stevens V Nav
- 154935 F/O Allen R F B/A
- 1892002 Sgt Mills L S Wop
- 156734 F/O Southcott C W A/G
- 3006066 Sgt Ceale A W F/E
Unsuccessful DZ at 5946N-0942E visually identified by map reading, no R/C. Weather good. No action reported. RTB with load. Leak oof reception spoiled whole trip.
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.
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