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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
By Cole C Kingseed
The Cockleshell Raid - Bordeaux 1942
By Ken Ford
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<blockquote data-quote="FalconAlgiers" data-source="post: 60429" data-attributes="member: 37811"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Perhaps the connection (or some leads and context) can be found within the story told by Adrian Seligman in his 1947 book 'No Stars to Guide'?</p><p></p><p>From the dust cover: "<em>In the desperate autumn of 1942 a small naval party was sent to the Dardanelles to pilot five Russian ships that were attempting to escape through the enemy blockade of the Aegean to Syria. In the party was Adrian Seligman who tells this extraordinary story in 'No Stars to Guide'. The names have been altered and in certain respects the sequence of events has been changed, but their adventures are authentic...". </em></p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia<em>: "At the onset of WWII Seligman was a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve. Initially Seligman worked in minesweeping operations and commanded a destroyer. In 1941 Seligman and other reserve officers conducted a special operations mission to bring five ships from Russia to Syria through the German blockade at the Dardanelles. In this mission, Seligman commanded a camouflaged oil tanker called Olinda. From 1942 to 1944 Seligman commanded the levant Schooner Flotilla, a special operations group in the Aegean Sea."</em></p><p></p><p>I've yet to read it myself thoroughly, so I can't help you further. But I'll keep your question in mind.</p><p></p><p>Best regards,</p><p></p><p>Colin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FalconAlgiers, post: 60429, member: 37811"] Hi, Perhaps the connection (or some leads and context) can be found within the story told by Adrian Seligman in his 1947 book 'No Stars to Guide'? From the dust cover: "[I]In the desperate autumn of 1942 a small naval party was sent to the Dardanelles to pilot five Russian ships that were attempting to escape through the enemy blockade of the Aegean to Syria. In the party was Adrian Seligman who tells this extraordinary story in 'No Stars to Guide'. The names have been altered and in certain respects the sequence of events has been changed, but their adventures are authentic...". [/I] From Wikipedia[I]: "At the onset of WWII Seligman was a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve. Initially Seligman worked in minesweeping operations and commanded a destroyer. In 1941 Seligman and other reserve officers conducted a special operations mission to bring five ships from Russia to Syria through the German blockade at the Dardanelles. In this mission, Seligman commanded a camouflaged oil tanker called Olinda. From 1942 to 1944 Seligman commanded the levant Schooner Flotilla, a special operations group in the Aegean Sea."[/I] I've yet to read it myself thoroughly, so I can't help you further. But I'll keep your question in mind. Best regards, Colin [/QUOTE]
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