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Re: Which RAF Squadron dropped SOE agent Tazelaar
Hello,
You had the date right the first time!
APPENDIX 3.
Action Agents Sent to Holland.
Name...........................Codename.......Date Sent.....Role or Region..Fate
P.TAZELAAR...................Necking.....18/19 Nov.1944..Friesland.....Overun (by Allies) late Jan.45.
L. FABER.......................Bobsleigh...18/19 Nov.1944..his W/T.......Overun (by Allies) late April 1945
J.E.L. VAN DE SPIEGLE....Foxtrot......18/19 Nov.1944..tactical W/T.. returned April 1945.
The agent dropped on 1/2 November 1944 was R. BARME (Trapping), Rotterdam region/W/T, arrested 2 Feb., shot 8 March 1945.
See:
SOE in the Low Countries
Foot,M.R.D.
London:St.Ermin's Press,2001,
p.483
Unfortunately, Foot does not identify the aircraft involved in the drop of Tazelaar, Faber and van de Spiegle, nor Barme,
Col.
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