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    Operation Freshman was the codename given to a British airborne operation conducted in November 1942 during World War II. It was the first British airborne...
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    The unsuccessful Operation Freshman was mounted the following month by British paratroopers, who were to rendezvous with the Operation Grouse Norwegians...
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  • of Operation Musketoon, who were shot in Sachsenhausen on the morning of 23 October 1942. In November 1942, British survivors of Operation Freshman were...
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    Division. The division's first two missions—Operation Biting, a parachute landing in France, and Operation Freshman, a glider mission in Norway—were both raids...
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    the deaths of the British airborne troops that had taken part in Operation Freshman, an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the German atomic weapons programme...
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    water plant at Rjukan in Norway, known as Operation Freshman, and during the invasion of Sicily, known as Operation Husky. Large numbers of Horsas were subsequently...
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    glider-borne troops. The unit's first airborne operation was in Norway in 1942 when they were sent as Operation Freshman to destroy a heavy water plant. However...
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  • Knut Haugland (category Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel)
    Helberg. Their codename was Operation Grouse, and their first mission was to await the British Operation Freshman. Freshman became a disastrous failure...
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    (Special Operations Executive) agents were parachuted in on a reconnaissance operation code-named 'Grouse'. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman was conducted...
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  • in January 1943, the Germans executed five commando survivors of Operation Freshman. However, Godwin and his comrades were not executed at Grini, but...
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    Islands Operation Pound (7–8 September 1942) – France Operation Aquatint (12–13 September 1942) – reconnaissance of Normandy beach Operation Freshman (19...
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    Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. RAF Skitten, the departure point for Operation Freshman, was located at Killimster. v t e...
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    Gauntlet Operation Anklet Operation Archery Operation Musketoon Operation Freshman Operation Checkmate Operation Judgement With the beginning of the German...
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    most famous British actions using gliders included the unsuccessful Operation Freshman, against a German heavy water plant in Norway in 1942; and the capture...
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    sent by glider to sabotage the Norsk Hydro heavy-water plant during Operation Freshman crashed in Norway due to foul weather. The five uninjured survivors...
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  • and saw action in the European theatre in support of Allied airborne operations. Established during the war in 1942, the regiment was disbanded in 1957...
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    Jens-Anton Poulsson (category Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel)
    British troops of Operation Freshman at Møsvassdammen. The Freshman operation was a failure, as the two gliders crashed. Another operation, called Gunnerside...
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    Aircraft Hotspur, but gliders were not used by the British until Operation Freshman in 1942. Organizational plans were also being laid down, with the...
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    Einar Skinnarland (category Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel)
    Einar Skinnarland (NRK Telemark. 12/16/2002) Stephen Stratford. "Operation Freshman". British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999....
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    Trandumskogen forest alongside several British soldiers captured during the Operation Freshman raid on the Vemork Norsk Hydro hydrogen electrolysis plant. Evans'...
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    heavy water, the SOE's incursions led to considerable loss of life. Operation Freshman, in November 1942, saw particularly heavy casualties. Betjeman begins...
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    development of nuclear weapons. In late 1942, a planned raid called Operation Freshman by British airborne troops failed, both gliders crashing. The raiders...
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    Houston, Louisiana–Monroe, Louisiana Tech, Miami, and Virginia. As a true freshman at Louisiana in 2020, Lacy played in 11 games and had 28 receptions for...
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    Representatives. In the 118th Congress, Crockett serves as the Democratic freshman class representative between the House Democratic leadership and the (approximately)...
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  • things about the Navy through this training. Practice Amphibious Operation (Freshman) The purpose of this practice is to understand the Marine Corps and...
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  • Operation Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and...
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  • 6 km) northwest of Wick, Caithness, Scotland. On 19 November 1942, Operation Freshman departed from RAF Skitten. Squadrons No. 48 Squadron RAF No. 86 Squadron...
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    called to London, and contributed to the planning phase of Operation Freshman and Operation Gunnerside, the heavy water sabotage at Vemork. He was decorated...
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  • Arne Kjelstrup (category Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel)
    Møsvatn where they prepared to receive British troops, the Operation Freshman. The Freshman operation was a failure, as the two gliders plus one of the towing...
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  • Operation Devon was the code name of an amphibious landing by British Commandos in 1943 at Termoli, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, during the Italian...
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