SOE/OSS killed Greece 9 September 1944.

Hi

Big Thanks to Steven for the SOE file.

It would appear that the flight was to drop by parachute supplies and personnel for the SOE station in Central Greece code-named 'LILLIAN'.

This was established as base for sabotage operations and to provide a dropping area for supplies for codenames 'FATALIST' (a OSS/SOE Hospital in Domiani) and 'HAVEN' (nothing found yet).

Gus

 

Gus,

I was away at our RBL Branch most of yesterday and have only just logged on.

PM Sent.

Regards
Tom

 

My Grandfather was Lt Col E H Hiscocks. By a complete fluke I have met with relatives of Maj Forbes-Harriss. (While on a skiing holiday) We still have a lot to talk about and they have photographs.
I am still interested to know more. All of the above posts are very interesting. Will I find anything at the National Archives? Could I get a copy of that SOE report too please?
Please help if you can?
Kind regards
Geoff

 

Hi Geoff
PM me your email address and i'll send you what I have.
Gus

 

Many thanks to Gus for sending the file. It has been very interesting for me to read about it and for my father to read everything here too. I hope others of you may find out more and post it here. I have a little more information from letters received to my father and his brother from their father and letters I have seen from Maj Roy Forbes-Harris to his family. I need to ask their permission first but hope they will say yes. It is interesting stuff.
Thank you all for being interested too.
Geoff

 

Hello

Firstly I guess three years is a bit late to join this chat but a conversation over the dinner table lead me to this site. I am a grand daughter of Clifford Roy Forbes Harris and have learned a lot from your thread. Reading above I see one of you has met members of my family - I guess this was my uncle Peter who is Roy's eldest son and I believe has several letters, medals and other information from the MOD about my grand father. My father, Roger, was only 8 when his father died and spoke about him very little. Neither did Roy's widow Joan. One family story that was recounted by my father was that Roy had escaped from a prison camp earlier during the war. Reading your conversation has inspired me to contact my uncle Peter to find out what he else he knows. Please send me any information you might have - I would love to see it. Thank you for your work on this - very interesting.

 

Hi Sarah

I have the SOE Aircraft Crash Report that I received from another forum member back in 2014.

If you PM me your email address, using the conversation tool above, I'll forward it to you.

Hope this helps

Gus

 

Sarah,
Hello and welcome to the forum.
Wishing you well with your quest for more information.
It tends to get addictive
Regards
Tom

 

Hi

Recently figured out that on board the stricken plane was a three man team on "Operation Cheviot" who were going to Recce the airfields at Kalamaki, Tatoi and Elevsis.

Probably, WATSON G Captain SOE and POTGIETER V Lt SOE. THOMAS KWC Cpl SOE however was definitely the radio operator.

They were replaced only a few days later by another 3 man team consisting of F/L George Darlow, attached from RAF AHQ Greece and a met specialist, Lt Stan Legg, a Royal Engineer officer, attached from 2 Para Sqn RE and Cpl Austin De'Ath another SOE Radio Operator. They were flown to exactly the same spot where the plane crashed.

In this case however, "Operation Cheviot" was a success. The information they gained was vital for planning for OP Manna. Lt Legg was a awarded a MC, whilst F/L Darlow and Cpl De'Ath were both mentioned in Dispatches.

Gus

 

Gus,
I would like to see a copy of the SOE Crash Report. I knew Lt. Col. Linn Farish’s widow. Would you be kind enough to share a copy of the report with me.
Thanks very much. Peter

 

Thanks very much for the quick response! My email address is Peter.boutin@kyl.com

 

Hi Peter

I have sent you the report via the conversation utility.

I would suggest you delete your email address from the post now as it wasn't required.

Regards

Gus

 

Hi, I have just found this group after doing some research about my uncle Kenneth William Clarance Thomas who was on that aircraft when it crashed. Could you possibly send me a copy of the report. I am researching my family tree and I would like to add everything I can to it especially as my aunty, his sister has dementia and has previously contacted the MOD and they wouldn't give her any information, this was many years ago.

 

Hi Paula

I have sent you the report via a private conversation.

I would try the MOD again for his service records. Get a copy of military service records

Have someone fill it on for your aunt and ask her to sign. As he died on active service, I don't believe you would need a death certificate.

Someone on this forum is highly knowledgeable about all matters SOE and should be able to guide you through the process of finding and obtaining his SOE file.

He is not mentioned in Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army: The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories by Mace, Martin, Grehan, John. However getting a copy would give you some background info on what he joined up the SOE to do.

As noted before WTO Cpl Thomas had only joined SOE two days previiously.

Gus

 

Gus, may I request a copy of the report as well? Farish rescued my Grandpa on the Columbia Party mission. Xxxx (can't seem to find a way to direct message you my email)

 

Btp,

You can only use the direct message aka PM after x5 posts. Then go to their Avatar and use 'Start a Conversation'. Gus is here regularly. I've just PM'd him.

We advise email addresses are not shown, due to the dangers of spam etc. You can edit your post to do so.

 

Hi

I have started a conversation with Btp including the requested report.

I would recommend the btp removes their email address from their post ASAP, via the edit option.



Hope this helps

Gus

 

Hello Gus, and all who have contributed here. Should this (in the course of your extensive research on Greece) have passed you by. Reel 8, from the three minute mark onwards, Brian Dillon on Stan Legg:

Dillon, Brian Edevrain (Oral history)

And, you may be able to assist with this recent post in the Brian Dillon thread here:

85608 Brian Edeveain DILLON, MBE, The Royal Norfolk Regiment; SAS; SOE.

Hope all is going well for you.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.