Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during World War II. The raid was carried...

Frankton may refer to: Frankton, South Australia English Frankton, Shropshire Frankton, Warwickshire Lower Frankton, Shropshire; a UK location Welsh Frankton...

World War II. He was the last survivor of the "Cockleshell Heroes" of Operation Frankton in 1942; a team of commandos who paddled 85 miles from the Bay of...

John Bach as Donald Davidson and Jason Donovan as 'Happy' Houston. Operation Frankton Hoehn 2011, pp. 7, 88, 90 National Archives of Australia, A3269, E2A...

in Telemark. Operation Frankton (7–12 December 1942) – the "Cockleshell heroes" attack by canoe on shipping in Bordeaux, France. Operation Starkey (September...

submarine HMS Tuna that launched the canoes during Operation Frankton in 1942. His part in the operation was portrayed in the 1955 war film The Cockleshell...

At the age of 28 in 1942, Major Hasler planned and personally led Operation Frankton, for which he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order...

Cordouan Lighthouse. In December 1942, during the Second World War, Operation Frankton took place with the goal of destroying ships moored at the docks in...

also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal...

In December 1942, British Royal Marine commandos captured during Operation Frankton were executed under this order. After the captured Royal Marines were...

Trophy was presented by Lloyd's of London underwriters to commemorate Operation Frankton, the raid of the so-called 'Cockleshell Heroes', led by Major Hasler...

Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment under Blondie Haslar carried out Operation Frankton and provided the basis for the post-war continuation of the SBS. The...

1941. Allied attempts to disrupt these operations initially had only a limited effect; as in Operation Frankton. From 1943, however, improved Allied air...

Abercrombie – Hardelot (21–22 April 1942), Dieppe (19 August 1942) and Operation Frankton – Gironde (7–12 December 1942). A raid on Sark on the night of 3/4...

needed. On 7 December 1942, Combined Operations launched one of the most famous raids of the war; Operation Frankton, better known as the 'Cockleshell Heroes'...

Girondins History of slavery List of mayors of Bordeaux Operation Frankton, a British Combined Operations raid on shipping in the harbour at Bordeaux, in December...

[page needed][page needed] The Cockle Mk II was used by the RMBPD in Operation Frankton, the attack on Bordeaux in late 1942. There is plenty of documentation...

Gironde estuary and Bordeaux had already been a target for the Allies. Operation Frankton was a 1942 commando raid targeting important shipping in the port...

were in uniform. As a consequence, six British commandos captured in Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping at Bordeaux in December 1942, were executed by...

Detachment. The latter made perhaps the best known use of them in the Operation Frankton raid on Bordeaux harbor. Both the Special Air Service (SAS) and the...

in Griffen, Austria Died: Amos Rusie, 71, American baseball player Operation Frankton: A small unit of Royal Marines began raiding shipping in the French...

Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment under Blondie Haslar carried out Operation Frankton and provided the basis for the post-war continuation of the SBS. In...

Commando Order by having British Royal Marines, captured after the Operation Frankton raid on a German naval base in Bordeaux, shot. In the Seekriegsleitung...

Poles who helped Jews. December 7 – WWII: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux Harbour. The battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62)...

Operation Checkmate was the codename for a raid on shipping at Haugesund, Norway in April 1943 during the Second World War by British Commandos. The raiding...

The Frankton is a type of folding boat. The name is a reference to Operation Frankton. Martin Walford conceived the concept of the Frankton in the late...

original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Rees 2008, p. 25. "Operation Frankton". Royal Marines. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved...

launched (commissioned five months later). British commandos conduct Operation Frankton a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. 9: The Marines turn over Guadalcanal...

was in Operation Frankton which had the objective of disabling and sinking merchant shipping moored at Bordeaux, France in 1942. The operation was the...

commemorates the deportations to the concentration camps. The survivors of Operation Frankton, notable for their daring raid by canoe on the German U-boat base...