Agersvold drop zone
Christian Michael Rottbøll 1917-1942. British Captain. Affiliated with the SOE in 1941. On 16 April 1942, Rottbøll was airdropped by parachute to Agersvold near Holbæk...
Paul Herman Johannes Johannesen 1910-1942.
On 16 April 1942, Johannesen and two other SOE agents were airdropped by parachute to Agersvold near Holbæk. Johannesen worked as a telegraphist...
On the night of 16 -17 April 1942, a team of three SOE agents parachuted near Agersvold, this included Max Mikkelsen ("Cotton"), who was trained as a radiotelegraphist...
Police description in the Danish Police’s intelligence report concerning the airdrop made near Agersvold on 16 – 17 April 1942.
Parachute found by Danish police following the airdrop of three SOE agents near Agersvold on 17 April 1942.
Parachute found by Danish police following the airdrop of three SOE agents near Agersvold on 17 April 1942.
Parachute found by Danish police following the airdrop of three SOE agents near Agersvold on 17 April 1942.
English radio found by Danish police after an airdrop was made near Agersvold on the night of 16 - 17 April 1942.
A section of a map from the Danish police shows the airdrop area used by three SOE agents, who parachuted near Agersvold on 17 April 1942.
Two pistols. The top one is a Colt 7.65 belonging to SOE agent Poul Johannesen, and the one below is a Browning 6.35 belonging to police criminal assistant Østergaard-Nielsen...
A police drawing of Vinkelmager 8, an apartment in Copenhagen where SOE agent Johannesen was involved in a shoot-out on 5 September 1942...
Holger Østergaard-Nielsen 1905-1942. Police Sergeant. On 5 September 1942, Østergaard-Nielsen was killed by gunshots during an attempted arrest of the English SOE agent Paul Johannesen in Vinkellager in Vanløse.
Drawing of the apartment in Øresundsgade where SOE commander Chr. Michael Rottbøll was killed by Danish police on 26 September 1942.
Police display of a bullet-ridden wallet and belt buckle, as well as cartridges and casings from the shooting of parachute commander Michael Rottbøll in Øresundsgade (now Vordingborggade) on 26 September 1942.
Intro
On the night of April 17, 1942, following several unsuccessful attempts, three SOE agents were airdropped and were received by just one man...
On the night of April 17, 1942, following several unsuccessful attempts, three SOE agents were airdropped and were received by just one man. They were called the Rottbøll team: the new SOE leader Christian Michael Rottbøll ("Table Top"), and two radiotelegraphists, Paul Hermann Johannesen ("Bates") and Max Mikkelsen ("Cotton"). Mikkelsen was knocked unconscious on landing. The others could not find him so he was left behind. He regained consciousness the following morning and went to Copenhagen where he soon made contact with the others. A radio transmitter could not be found in the dark so had to be left behind – this was found by the Danish police the following day. Both Johannesen and Rottbøll died later that year - Johannesen during a raid in Vanløse on 5th September, when he got into a fight with the Danish police and ended up taking his poison capsule. A Danish police officer was killed. On 26th September, Rottbøll was shot and killed by two Danish police officers as they entered his illegal lodging in Øresundsgade (now Vordingborggade). Max Mikkelsen worked as a telegraphist in Copenhagen until December 1942, when he and two other SOE agents were arrested by Danish police. He was later extradited to the Germans and sent to a concentration camp.
16.04.1942
E. Borch Johansen
Jørgen Hæstrup: Kontakt med England 1940-43, 1954, 140f. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 21f.
Region: Zealand - District: Holbæk
Zone nr.: 0 - Zone name: Agersvold
Place in the Military Map: Volume 3 - Page 11 - F1: 1 km nord for Agersvold
Sources: Jørgen Hæstrup: Kontakt med England 1940-43, 1954, 140f. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 21f.