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Operation Houndsworth was a
British Special Air
Service operation during World War II. The operation,
carried out by "A" Squadron, 1st
Special Air Service...
- landings. In
August 1944, he
parachuted into
France as part of
Operation Houndsworth and was
awarded the
Military Cross for
killing two
German machine gun...
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operations supporting the
Allied advance through France (Operations
Houndsworth, Bulbasket, Loyton,
Kipling and Wallace-Hardy), Belgium, the Netherlands...
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operations in France. On 8
August 1944, he was
dropped to
Operation Houndsworth base,
located west of Dijon, in
order to co-ordinate and take charge...
- the
Special Air
Service Brigade to
carry out two
operations in France,
Houndsworth in the area of
Dijon for 'A'
Squadron and Bulbasket, near Poitiers, which...
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which included operations such as Amherst, Bulbasket, Cooney, Dingson,
Houndsworth, Lost, Loyton, Kipling, Samwest, and Tombola.
Joslen 2003, p. 456. Joslen...
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armies would funnel their way out of
France into Germany.
Operation Houndsworth would set up a
patrol base in the
mountainous wooded countryside south...
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Audierne Bay
Supporting operations Jedburgh Dingson Samwest Titanic Cooney Bulbasket Houndsworth Loyton Kipling Dragoon Wallace &
Hardy Aftermath Cemeteries...
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Audierne Bay
Supporting operations Jedburgh Dingson Samwest Titanic Cooney Bulbasket Houndsworth Loyton Kipling Dragoon Wallace &
Hardy Aftermath Cemeteries...
- In
support of the
invasion 144 men of 1st SAS took part in
Operation Houndsworth between June and September, in the area of Lyon, Chalon-sur-Saône, Dijon...
