Operation Details

Heron Red

'Heron Red' was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to deliver a party (O. Baarnes, A.E. Telnes and A. Gundersen) by sea, re-establish radio contact with the earlier 'Heron' organisation and Lieutenant Sjøberg, deliver stores, and inspect and provide information on local groups (March 1943).

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After the German infiltration of the 'Heron' organisation during the previous September, radio contact with the UK had been broken. The new team re-established contact on 7 April and Sjøberg was instructed to return to the UK. A Consolidated Catalina flying boat collected him at the beginning of May. Radio contact continued, but was broken between September and December 1943.

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