Code Name |
Remarks |
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| Jealous 2 | Point de Saint Cast | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 4 agents (2) To embark 4-6 agents. |
Nov 26, 1st attempt carried out in conjunction with Indifferent 2. Unsuccessful, MGB arrived too late. Reception committee had stood down. December 1, 2nd attempt (also in conjunction with Indifferent 2) successful with 4 agents landed. 5 agents evacuated. Inward passengers included Emile Minerault. |
| Jealous 3 | Point de Saint Cast | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 6 agents. (2) To embark up to 9 agents. |
December 23, Agent contacted by S-phone but, visibility being good, MGB was sighted and fired upon from shore batteries. Operation abandoned. MGB withdrew behind smokescreen. |
| Easement | Beg-an-Fry | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 1 agent. (2) To embark 10 agents. |
January 28-29, Unsuccessful. Reception committee had gone to a beach 300 meters further South, which the organiser thought better than that chosen and agreed by the 'powers' and on which the surf boats landed. |
| Easement 2 | Beg-an-Fry | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 3 agents. (2) To embark 10 agents. |
February 26, Successful. 2 agents landed, including Francois Mitterrand (later to become French President). |
| Easement 3 | Beg-an-Fry | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
To land 2 agents, | February 29, Successful. 3 agents seem to have been landed. |
| Bonapart 3 | Saint-Brieuc Bay (Sous-Kerezeau Beach) |
MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land material (2) To embark up to 25 |
March 16, Successful. MGB fired on by battery near PinPoint. Withdrew and came back later. S-phone allowed agent to talk to ship. Tide very low and passengers had to cross 200-300 meters of bare beach. Material landed and 25 embarked in 4 surf boats. |
| Septimus 2 | Beg-an-Fry | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 3 agents and material. (2) To embark up to 5 agents. |
March 21, Successful. Stores landed and 30 evaders embarked. |
| Scarf | Beg-an-Fry | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land 6 agents. (2)To embark up to 20 personnel. |
April 15, Successful. Agents landed. Those embarked included 2 women and 9 airmen. German vessels met on way and MGB fired on. Latter did not return fire and the enemy stopped firing. However, 1 rating was killed but no damage was sustained to MGB. The rating's name was Able Seaman W.A. Sandalls, buried at Charlbury in the Cotswolds. Alfred F. Harris (Boat's Crew) Ex Seaman Gunner was also part of the crew on 502. He was only 18 but also quite a poet, as shown in the following poem. His poem really gives one a feel for what a typical mission felt like to these men. |
| Robes-Pierre | SW Lle-de-Batz | MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
(1) To land stores. (2) To embark 15 evaders. |
July 14, Successful. Stores landed, but no evaders to evacuate. |
| Crozier 2 | Saint-Brieuc Bay (Anse-Cochat) |
MGB 502 Lt. P. Williams R.N.V.R. |
To embark 4 escaped S.A.S. personnel and any other evaders. | July 23, Successful. 6 embarked. |
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Motor Gunboat 502 was part of the 15th M.G.B. Flotilla, Commanded by Lt.Cdr. Peter Williams. The Flotilla consisted of 5 boats and 125 personnel.