Davrehøj drop zone
The parachutes open and slowly descend onto the drop zone where the reception team is waiting.
Intro
The plane airdropped 10 Fox-containers with 44 submachine guns, 58 carbines, 4 PIAT (anti-tank weapons) and hand grenades.
The plane airdropped 10 Fox-containers with 44 submachine guns, 58 carbines, 4 PIAT (anti-tank weapons) and hand grenades.
28.09.1944
KURT
D
10
10
Sommer: Fabrikant Poul Møller
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
No aircraft over the drop zone.
06.10.1944
LUCAS
Q
Dahl: Kaptajnløjtnant Walther Lonsdale
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
The plane airdropped 12 Fox-containers and a package.
01.11.1944
META
L
12
12
Dahl: Kaptajnløjtnant Walther Lonsdale
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
The plane airdropped 12 Fox-containers and several packages.
21.11.1944
HELGE
P
12
12
Dahl: Kaptajnløjtnant Walther Lonsdale
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
The plane airdropped 6 Tiger-containers.
26.11.1944
HELGE
P
6
6
Dahl: Kaptajnløjtnant Walther Lonsdale
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
The plane airdropped 6 containers and 3 packages.
30.11.1944
ODA
P
6
Dahl: Kaptajnløjtnant Walther Lonsdale
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.
On the 2nd December, the SOE agent Poul Eduard Brandenburg (“Apricot”) was airdropped at Randers. He was positioned to lead SOE's sabotage campaign where travelling saboteurs were to operate throughout Jutland. The group planned several sabotages, but only a few were carried out due to a shortage of explosives.
In the period leading up to the liberation, the travelling saboteurs were given the task of preparing the defence of the Jutland Command’s Headquarters.
02.12.1944
ODA
P
Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 121f.
Region: Jutland - District: 8
Zone nr.: 24 - Zone name: Davrehøj
Place in the Military Map: Volume 1 - Page 27 - C2: 700 m Vest for "D" i Davrehøj
Sources: Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.