Kloster drop zone

Leif Bangsbøll. SOE agent. Airdropped with three other SOE agents to the drop zone Kloster near Skive on 4 October 1944. He served as a weapons instructor in Central Jutland until liberation.

The SOE party at Wiwex after the war. On the right, SOE Leif Bangsbøll ("Hudson"), who with three other agents parachuted to the drop zone Kloster near Skive on 4 October 1944.

Christian Stemann Petersen, born 1914. Naval Officer. SOE agent. Airdropped together with three other SOE agents to drop zone Kloster near Skive on 4 October 1944. He served as a weapons and sabotage instructor in Region II (Central Jutland)...

Two SOE agents, Flemming von Holck (on the left) and Chr. Stemann Petersen (on the right) together with Anker Olesen from Region V (Zealand) after liberation. They were affiliated to the region until liberation...

Intro

On 4th October 1944, four SOE agents were airdropped near Skive: Kjeld Toft-Christensen ("Rover"), Viggo Balschmidt Sørensen ("Howard"), Christian Steman Petersen ("Austin") and Leif Bangsbøll ("Hudson"). The team had previously tried to parachute into Denmark a few days earlier without success, but now finally succeeded in airdropping down. The following day they were in Aalborg. All agents, who were Danish officers, were appointed as liaison officers to assist individual regional leaders with the construction of the underground army and other such things. Toft-Christensen had arrived in England from Africa where he had served in the Foreign Legion. He was affiliated with Region II (Central Jutland) and later became the leader of the liquidation group "Intervention". Balschmidt Sørensen had originally fled to Sweden because his illegal group had been discovered in May 1943. He had since moved to England. His work area became Region V (Zealand). Steman Petersen was a naval officer and had come to England at the beginning of 1944. He should have been affiliated with Region III (Southern Jutland) but was assigned Region II instead (Central Jutland). Bangsbøl was a Danish-American and had joined the American army. He was most probably the only Dane trained by OSS (Office of Strategic Services -the forerunner of the CIA). After he finished the training he was sent to England and affiliated with SOE. His work was in Region II (Central Jutland).

04.10.1944

ODA

Stoffer: Lærer Knud Nørlem Andersen

Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. s. 109ff.

The plane airdropped 12 Fox-containers with 75 carbines, 27 submachine guns, 2 bazookas (anti-tank weapon), 146 hand grenades and 20 gammon grenades. Plus a package with a radio.

30.11.1944

ELIM

Stoffer: Lærer Knud Nørlem Andersen

Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.

Region: Jutland - District: 10 Zone nr.: 35 - Zone name: Kloster Place in the Military Map: Volume 1 - Page 30 - E2: I "r" i Kloster Sources: Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet.