Small team insertion/extraction methods

Started by Last Hussar, 30 August 2024, 03:40:02 PM

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QuoteHave you seen the Hudson?

I think props* need to be given to any aircraft that can capture a U-Boat!


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Ok checked - Anson about 100mph slower than Hudson, has 1 turret (maybe) Hudson - turret and 2 MGs in nose. Anson 8 pass? (if no turret) Hudson 12.......
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Doesn't need to be armed, just need to know their was an aircraft that could get "ungentlemenly" soldiers out of France.
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Apparently the SAS found a train a convenient alternative to aircraft ;)

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SOE in Burma used to hitch a lift with my father's unit - 49 Flotilla Union of South African Navy. They operated Fairmile B boats down the Burmese coast and deep inland up the rivers and chaungs. Sometimes they provided insertion and fire support for commando raids but a lot of the time they sneaked about taking SOE in and agents and information out.

Funnily enough his school friend joined SOE about the same time as my Dad was doing his stuff in Burma. They didn't meet again until after the war however, as his friend spent most of the war parachuting into France and catching Lysanders back.

Two quieter, more unassuming individuals you could not have met in the 1960s. I was friends with the son of Dad's friend at school. 'Boring' Dads we decided age 12 - a headmaster and a Civil Servant. When we found out what they had done in the 40s we changed our minds somewhat.


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Thanks for sharing Gwydion, they definitely got up to some interesting stuff
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