Bistrup drop zone

Ole Geisler 1915 - 1948. Engineer, British Captain in SOE. Geisler ("Table Manners"), along with three other SOE agents, was airdropped by parachute near Bistrup on 16 February 1943. He was the second in command of the SOE in Denmark...

Gunnar Christiansen born 1916. Dairyman. SOE agent. Christiansen (” Table Mat”). He parachuted with three other SOE agents near Bistrup on 16 February 1943. He was a telegraphist for the SOE leader Flemming B. Muus until his arrest in April 1944...

Gunnar Christiansen born 1916. Dairyman. SOE agent. Christiansen (” Table Mat”). He was airdropped by parachute with three other SOE agents near Bistrup on 16 February 1943. He was a telegraphist for the SOE leader Flemming B...

Four SOE paratroopers photographed after the war. From left: Knud Pedersen, Adolf Larsen, Max Mikkelsen and Hans F. Hansen. All were airdropped into Denmark by parachute in 1942 or early in 1943...

The SOE agent Adolf T. Larsen ("Table Tennis") photographed by Danish police after his arrest on 26 March 1943. Larsen was airdropped by parachute near Bistrup on 16 February 1943, along with three other SOE agents...

The SOE agent Adolf T. Larsen ("Table Tennis"), who was airdropped by parachute near Furesø on the evening of 16th February 1943. Larsen was arrested in Frederikshavn in March 1943.

Hans Henrik Larsen ("Table Trick"), and three other SOE agents were airdropped by parachute near Furesø (a lake) on the evening of 16 February 1943.

Article in the newspaper, Berlingske Tidende, dated 3 May 1943, regarding the discovery of the body of SOE agent Hans Henrik Larsen (“Table Trick”). Larsen was airdropped by parachute near Bistrup on 16 February 1943 with three other SOE agents...

SOE agents after the war, probably at Eremitagesletten. Top right, Ole Geisler and beside him Knud E. Pedersen. Bottom row from right: Danish actor Mogens Wieth, Frants Lassen and Adolf Larsen

Intro

On the evening of 16th February 1943, four SOE agents were airdropped near Furesøen. The team consisted of their leader Ole Geisler ("Table Manners"), telegraphist Gunnar Christiansen ("Table Mat") and sabotage instructors Adolf T. Larsen ("Table Tennis") and Hans Henrik Larsen ("Table Trick"). The airdrop went well and they caught the last train from Holte to Copenhagen. Ole Geisler came to Jutland and worked with Flemming Juncker and the Hvidsten group in activities such as retrieving weapons. From then on, until the liberation, he became second in command of the SOE in Denmark. Gunnar Christiansen worked as a radiotelegraphist for the SOE leader Flemming B. Muus in Copenhagen. He was arrested in April 1944 and deported to a German concentration camp. Adolf T. Larsen came to England from Argentina and was recruited by SOE. He was sent to Frederikshavn to initiate sabotage activity in Northern Jutland, but as early as March he was arrested and sent to a German concentration camp. Hans Henrik Larsen remained in Copenhagen, but because of his heavy drinking, he soon became a security risk. A decision was made to liquidate him and this was carried out in April 1943 - he was shot and dumped in Sjælsø (lake).

16.02.1943

No reception team

Jørgen Hæstrup: Kontakt med England 1940-43, 1954, s. 196. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 38ff.

Region: Zealand - District: Frederiksborg Zone nr.: 0 - Zone name: Bistrup Place in the Military Map: Volume 3 - Page 7 - D3: 800 m syd for "i" i Bistrup Sources: Jørgen Hæstrup: Kontakt med England 1940-43, 1954, s. 196. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 38ff. Info: Placering ifølge "List of dropping point" (L.A. Duus Hansens arkiv, Rigsarkivet)