Grimme Bakker drop zone
Knud Herschend ("Canute"), SOE-agent. Airdropped by parachute near Skive in March 1944. Worked with illegal propaganda in Copenhagen until his arrest in September 1944.
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On the night of April 1st, 1944 three SOE agents were airdropped to various drop zones in Jutland. The SOE agent Knud Herschend ("Canute") was airdropped at Grimme Bakker in Skive...
On the night of April 1st, 1944 three SOE agents were airdropped to various drop zones in Jutland. The SOE agent Knud Herschend ("Canute") was airdropped at Grimme Bakker in Skive. In the first few years of the war, he had been in Brazil and came to England in 1943, where he was recruited by the SOE. After the airdrop, he soon came to Copenhagen, where his job was to work with the illegal press and English propaganda. On 1st September 1944, he and SOE agent Frants Lassen were arrested by the Gestapo. The pair were subjected to violent interrogations, and in the following days, several SOE-agents and people associated with the organization in Denmark were arrested.
31.03.1944
Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 90.
Region: Jutland - District: 10
Zone nr.: 0 - Zone name: Grimme Bakker
Place in the Military Map: Volume 1 - Page 25 - E3:
Sources: Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 90.
Info: Pladsens placering er usikker.