Store Nejsum drop zone
The parachutes open and slowly descend onto the drop zone where the reception team is waiting.
Intro
The plane did not make an airdrop, as the wrong signal had been given. According to the English report, the plane – an American B-24 Liberator – dropped 12 Lion-containers and a package of guns...
The plane did not make an airdrop, as the wrong signal had been given. According to the English report, the plane – an American B-24 Liberator – dropped 12 Lion-containers and a package of guns. It turned out that the containers had landed 6 kilometres from the drop zone and had been seized by the Germans.
06.03.1945
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Boye: Kriminalbetjent Kaj Mortensen
Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Telegramkorrespondance, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Pernille Pedersen: Vensyssel under besættelsen, 2017, s. 303f.
Region: Jutland - District: 1
Zone nr.: 154 - Zone name: Store Nejsum
Place in the Military Map: Volume 1 - Page 5 - C3: 600 m syd for "N" i Ste. Nejsum
Sources: Jyske Pladsbog, Anton Toldstrups arkiv, Rigsarkivet. Pernille Pedersen: Vensyssel under besættelsen, 2017, s. 303f.