Rosenholm Skov drop zone


The parachutes open and slowly descend onto the drop zone where the reception team is waiting.

Intro

The plane airdropped 10 Fox and 2 Tiger-containers with 40 machine guns, 52 carbines, 4 PIATs (anti-tank weapons), 40 grenades and explosives (P.E.)...

The plane airdropped 10 Fox and 2 Tiger-containers with 40 machine guns, 52 carbines, 4 PIATs (anti-tank weapons), 40 grenades and explosives (P.E.). The containers were emptied at the drop zone, and the shipment was placed in an underground storage facility at the drop zone On the way home, the Sterling plane was attacked by a German night fighter but managed to get back to England and landed at the village of Ludford.

28.09.1944

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The Hornslet Group

Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Kim Lykke Jensen: Hornsletgruppen, 2015, s. 147ff. Pernille Pedersen: Østjylland under besættelsen, 2018, s. 156.

Region: Jutland - District: 7 Zone nr.: 17 - Zone name: Rosenholm Skov Place in the Military Map: Volume 1 - Page 37 - G1: 700 m nord for "v" i Rosenholm Skov Sources: Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Pernille Pedersen: Østjylland under besættelsen, 2018, s. 156.