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AM 407 BIT 33 (GOLDCREST) 2 Slettefjell – 25. februar 1945
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Code : SOFAEN Signal bakke: D Signal fly: ?
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
18 3 19:36 SI/IM//LR
Squad: RAF 299
1: F/O Tovell E J Stirling IV EF323 5G-F
Out 18:31 Drop: Unsucessful.
- F/O Towell E J Pilot
- F/O Chillibeek Nav
- P/O STRONG B/A
- P/O McALLAN W/op
- F/S ELSDON R A/G
- Sergeant GIANNOTTI G F/eng
When in circuit, port and starboard inner generators u/s.
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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