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	Operation Dingson: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Operation Detroit During world war ii, operation detroit was the parachute insertion of the allied 82nd airborne division into normandy on the night of 5 june, 1944 as part of operation overlord....
		Operation Währung During the battle of the bulge in wwii, operation währung ("currency" in german) was a special operation conducted as part of the wacht am rhein....
		Operation Scavenger During world war ii, operation scavenger was the aerial bombardment of iwo jima and the bonin islands in 1944 as part of the preparation for the invasion and other fighting around the marianas islands....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /o/operation_dingson (696 words)

	Operation Lost: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Operation goodwood was also used as the codename for the series of attacks by the british fleet air arm on the german battleship tirpitz in late august 1944....
		Operation cobra was the codename for the world war ii operation planned by united states army general omar bradley to break out from the normandy area...
		(operation lüttich was a counterattack launched by german forces on the left flank of the allied lodgment at normandy beginning on 7 august,...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /enc3/operation_lost (627 words)

	Operation Dingson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During World War II, Operation Dingson was a large operation conducted by about 160 French paratroops (4 SAS) who jumped into Nazi-occupied France near Vannes on the night of 5 June 1944.
		They established a base and began to arm and equip members of local resistance fighters.
		The team that had just completed the Cooney operation joined the Dingson team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Dingson (104 words)

	www.totalsoldiers.org.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As part of Operation Overlord (the return of the Allied armies to NW Europe by way of seaborne and airborne landings at Normandy) the GPR delivered the airlanding elements of 6th Airborne Division to landing zones NE of Caen.
		Of the 1,378 GPR men involved in the operation, 229 were killed (or later died of their wounds) and 469 were otherwise wounded or captured (losses to the regiment of some 50%).
		As regards planning of the operation, two critical mistakes appear to have been made: (i) the failure to land in the immediate vicinity of the bridges, and (ii) the failure to take into account two German panzer divisions refitting in the immediate area.
	www.btinternet.com /~Web_Marshalls/w_totalsoldiers_operations.htm (690 words)

	The Glider Pilot Regiment 1942-1945 - The Operations
		Operation 'Varsity' was the final attempt to winkle out the last segments of German defence and to strike for Berlin.
		This operation was the glider-borne section of a 1st Parachute Brigade assault on the Primasole Bridge.
		The aim of this operation was to land troops and equipment at Megara to assist in the liberation and occupation of Athens.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /marfleetwright/GPR/ops.htm (3255 words)

	Delta Green - Campaign - Order of Battle - Special Air Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Operations in France consisted of two types: the first were small-scale tactical missions carried out for the 21st Army Group to cut enemy communications in rear areas or to provide intelligence.
		Operation GAFF was planned to kill or capture Field Marshall Rommel at his HQ at La Roche Guyon at the end of July 1944.
		Operation PISTOL was 2 SAS's last mission in France, and its aim was to disrupt rail communications from Metz and Nancy to the Rhine plain.
	home.comcast.net /~furrylogic/sas.html (4740 words)

	Gliderborne Assault on D-Day - WACO Glider
		The glider operations in Burma proved that gliders were the superb aircraft to deliver equipment, including bulldozers, to prepare a runway for transport aircraft, deep in hostile territory, far behind enemy lines.
		Operation Hackensack : Glider soldiers of the 325 GIR and 401 GIR were landed in two serials ; 20 GC-4A's/30 Horsa's of 439 TCG landed at 08.51 hrs.
		With 798 GC-4A's participating, this operation was to be the biggest glider operation in history.
	free.prohosting.com /mawey/gliderborne_gliders_wacoglider.htm (2435 words)

	The Waco CG-4A Combat Glider
		It was scheduled to tow 514 gliders, of which 292 GC-4A’s and 222 Horsa’s in six glider operations on D-Day (June 6) and D+1(June 7) near Hiesville (10 miles inland from the Channel coast) and Saint-Mère-Eglise, in order to capture vital points for the invasion of Normandy.
		During the Market Garden operation the principal aim was to get the bridges in the area of the Dutch towns Eindhoven, Groesbeek and Arnhem in Allied hands.
		Camalaniugan airfield, held by the Japanese on the Philippines, was to be captured in a combined operation of gliders and paratroopers.
	users.telenet.be /airwareurope/en/waco/waco_operations_e.htm (2377 words)

	RAF Station Diary June 1944
		Film of the area of forthcoming operations was shown to all aircrew and glider pilots in the briefing room and again an hour later.
		Operation ‘COUP DE MAIN’ - intention to land 171 troops capture intact bridges across the Caen Canal and River Orne north of Caen.
		Operation ‘TONGA’ - 30 Halifax V aircraft detailed to release Horsa gliders alongside LZ ‘N’ east of Caen Canal and drop 9 containers per aircraft on the DZ to the south of the LZ.
	www.tarrant-rushton.ndirect.co.uk /1944June.htm (2489 words)

	Operation Lost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During World War II, Operation Lost was a seven-man Special Air Service patrol conducted in Brittany alongside Operation Dingson in June and July, 1944.
		These operations trained and armed local fighters and harassed the defenders as they tried to react to the Overlord landings.
		The Lost team was active from 23 June to 18 July.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Lost (107 words)

	DAILY STAR: Police Beat
		Complainant Emmanuel Perez told the police he and Kristine Duren were walking in the area when Pelaro approached them and poked a 12-inch bladed weapon at Duren who was holding her cellphone, police reports said.
		They claimed that they were on their way to the house of their friend when they were chased by a patrol car and arrested for robbery-hold-up.
		Levy Pangue, Police Precinct 2 commander, said Pelaro and Dingson were subjected to drug tests at the Crime Laboratory yesterday, and their fingerprints and pictures were taken.
	www.visayandailystar.com /2006/February/14/police.htm (582 words)

	Operation Samwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During World War II, Operation Samwest was a large raid conducted by 116 members of the 4th French Parachute Battalion who jumped in near Duault, Brittany on the night of 6 June 1944.
		The local German defenders attacked the group on 12 June, scattering the team.
		The survivors linked up with the Dingson team.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Operation_Samwest.htm (71 words)

	644 Squadron, 38 Group : History
		No. 644 Squadron flew its first operational sortie on the night of 30 March when it dropped some arms to SOE resistance forces in France.
		By the end of April, it had flown 46 such operations for its first operational loss (LL228 / Flight Lieutenant Frank Cleaver DSO was lost during a mission over southern France, all crew were alive except Air Gunner Hoddinot who jumped too late).
		The operation was highly successful with most of the gliders landing on the bridges approaches (see also No.
	www.raf38group.org /644squadron (1092 words)

	298 Squadron, 38 Group : History
		It was Operation 'COUP DE MAIN': With No.644 Squadron, 3 aircraft each, the operation took off at 22:30 on 05 June and they towed Gliders Horsas to the vital bridges - one of it would become the famous 'Pegasus Bridge'.
		SOE and SAS missions didn't stop with this major operation and continued during it and until the end of the war over Europe.
		In July 1945 No.298 Squadron was transferred to Raipur, India as part of Operation 'TIGER FORCE' but had to wait 3 months for new, heavier panniers to stop planes swinging in the wind.
	www.raf38group.org /298squadron (947 words)

	Chronology of SAS Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1980 SAS reconnaissance and intelligence gathering operations in Afghanistan against communist insurgence -
		Apr-June 1982 The Falkland Islands - Intelligence gathering and raiding operations against Argentinean positions.
		Aug'90-Feb'91 Arabian Gulf - SAS involved in operations behind the line in Iraq and Kuwait
	www.specialairservice.org /Chronology/chronology.html (886 words)

	THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION - Formerly the Special Forces Association - UK is dedicated to creating the ...
		This list is not complete and some inaccuracies may occur whilst we are receiving information from many sources.
		Killed at Saint-Gilles di Mene - Operation Samwest
		Died in an accident after Operation Spenser (Operation Cooney)
	www.alliedspecialforces.org /frenchsasrollofhonour3.htm (137 words)

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