Tempelkrog drop zone

Johan Mule Malling. Born 1918. SOE agent. Airdropped into Denmark at Tempelkrog near Roskilde on 4 March 1945. Associated with the Freedom Council's Editorial Committee. In April 1945, he was sent to Jutland where he worked up until the liberation.

Three of the negotiators at General Lindemann's capitulation in Silkeborg on 10 May 1945. From left: Major Fischer from The Royal Dragoons, SOE agent Johan Malling and Captain Erik Krag from the Danish General Staff...

Intro

On the 4th March 1945, SOE agents, Johan Malling (“Byron”) and Poul Hammerich (“Vicar”) were airdropped at Ryegård near Roskilde. They were the last two agents to be airdropped in Denmark. They landed well albeit in the trees. The agents were driven immediately to Roskilde. The jump was observed by the Germans and seen by the people at the Valborup drop zone. The agents arrived in Copenhagen the following day. Hammerich was directly associated with the SOE leader, Ole Lippman, where he served as a loyal courier working over the whole of Zealand until the liberation. Malling was sent to Jutland, where he tried to reconcile the Jutland Leader, Vagn Bennike and the Airdispatch Leader, Tolstrup.

04.03.1945

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The Roskilde Group

Sjællandske Pladsbog, Erik Christiansens og Niels Otto Brorlys arkiver, Rigsarkivet. Birkelund og Dethlefsen: Faldskærmsfolk, 1986, s. 129. Beretning på Frihedsmuseet 11A-15027 og 11D-15101.

Region: Zealand - District: Roskilde Zone nr.: 8 - Zone name: Tempelkrog Place in the Military Map: Volume 3 - Page 12 - D1: 3 km. øst for "g" i Tempelkrog Sources: Sjællandske Pladsbog, Erik Christiansens og Niels Otto Brorlys arkiver, Rigsarkivet. Beretning på Frihedsmuseet 11A-15027 - Johan Mule Malling. Beretning på Frihedsmuseet 11D-15101 - Jens K. K. Kjærgaard.