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Major Colin Ogden-Smith KIA 29th July 1944
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No 617 Dambusters Squadron
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<blockquote data-quote="nedmalet" data-source="post: 42544" data-attributes="member: 1599"><p>He was a member of the SSRF and took part in Operation Branford to the island of Burhou 3 miles north off Alderney</p><p>on September, 7 1942 and then Operation Basalt on Sark on</p><p>October 3rd, 1942 with his equally famous brother Sergeant Bruce Ogden Smith (of swimming/Normandy beeches reconnaissance.) Colin fighting with the Maquis was cornered in a field near Kerbozec he and 2 frenchmen Gerard de Carville and Maurice Miodon were killed.</p><p></p><p>I and some like minded souls are hoping to re-enact the Sark raid on August 8th</p><p></p><p>kindly see - The War in the Channel Islands - Then and Now -by Winston G. Ramsey</p><p></p><p>They had a 3rd brother Tony captured at Tobruk with the Green Howards</p><p></p><p>Do you have a picture of the memorial and their communal grave in Guiscriff Cemetery?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ned</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nedmalet, post: 42544, member: 1599"] He was a member of the SSRF and took part in Operation Branford to the island of Burhou 3 miles north off Alderney on September, 7 1942 and then Operation Basalt on Sark on October 3rd, 1942 with his equally famous brother Sergeant Bruce Ogden Smith (of swimming/Normandy beeches reconnaissance.) Colin fighting with the Maquis was cornered in a field near Kerbozec he and 2 frenchmen Gerard de Carville and Maurice Miodon were killed. I and some like minded souls are hoping to re-enact the Sark raid on August 8th kindly see - The War in the Channel Islands - Then and Now -by Winston G. Ramsey They had a 3rd brother Tony captured at Tobruk with the Green Howards Do you have a picture of the memorial and their communal grave in Guiscriff Cemetery? Ned [/QUOTE]
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