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Old April 18th, 2005, 08:02 AM
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In Keitelīs memoirs he remembers an unfortunate affair after the release of the Commando order:

A glider and a Wellington crashed in Egersund November 20th 1942. 14 survived the crash and were shot.

Any more info on this?
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Old April 18th, 2005, 01:34 PM
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I found this but it does not give much information on the mission.

http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/tgmwc...04-28-02.shtml
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In Keitelīs memoirs he remembers an unfortunate affair after the release of the Commando order:

A glider and a Wellington crashed in Egersund November 20th 1942. 14 survived the crash and were shot.

Any more info on this?
Can it be one of the gliders that crashed at Nov. 19th 1942?

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Old August 26th, 2008, 05:04 PM
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Sounds like thatīs the one RAM!

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