Rudolf Hess May 1941

[Brian]

Hi guys

Out of curiosity!

Following Hess' flight to Scotland in May 1941, he was followed a few weeks later by a four-man assassination squad, or so I have been led to believe.

The squad apparently parachuted out of an aircraft on the night of 28 May and came down near Luton (?), were captured and executed.

If this is correct, who were they etc?

Cheers
Brian

[Nick Hector]

Oh please...

Trip trap trip trap trip trap ...SLAM!

[Chris Goss]

....& surely this is Second World War general question, not one Luftwaffe related?

[Brian]

Thanks for no information! Why bother to respond!

They jumped out of a Luftwaffe aircraft! Hence Luftwaffe question!

Move if desired.

Cheers
Brian

[Brian]

Thanks guys!

Did the incident not happen? I can't find any information on Google!

Cheers
Brian

[JohnnyB]

Brian,

why no find on google ? I´m not an Heß-Expert - but it´s so easy to find informations about Heß.

What about this :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess

Scroll down to Flight to Scotland. The page is english language.
Maybe this is one more mystery page what is true - what is a lie.
So than - jump in and find out

Regards, Rainer

[Brian]

Hi Rainer

Thanks for your interest. However, I believe you misunderstand the question:

"Following Hess' flight to Scotland in May 1941, he was followed a few weeks later by a four-man assassination squad, or so I have been led to believe.

The squad apparently parachuted out of an aircraft on the night of 28 May and came down near Luton (?), were captured and executed."

I am aware of the Hess story - I am questioning whether there was such an assassination squad dropped into England?

Cheers
Brian

[Stephen M. Fochuk]

Maybe, Brian, you could provide the source of what has led you to believe in this?

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear All,

Brian asks a straight forward question. There is no call for answers that are insulting.

Regards,
Richard

[Nick Hector]

Richard,

I can't help it if he finds derision insulting. It is a patent BS-story.
So many of the Germans' cloak and dagger stories are readily available to read:

Operation Mickey Mouse (the kidnapping of Admiral Horthy's son, wrapped up in a carpet by Otto Skorzeny)

KG 200 (the Luftwaffe using captured planes, B-17s included)

Operation Pastorius (the German agents dropped off by U-boat on the American coast)

Panzerbrigade 150 (the German tanks dressed up as US vehicles during the battle of the bulge)

...and a lot more....

Why would this story take until 2016 to be as common knowledge as the above examples?? Because it's like the bark of the hound of the Baskervilles. Its absence is proof that the big scary doggie just isn't there...

Now then, anyone care to donate to my expedition to dig up crated Spitfires in Burma?