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GARBO: The Spy Who Saved D-Day
By Mark Seaman
Beyond the Dams to the "Tirpitz"
By Alan W. Cooper
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<blockquote data-quote="T.Mulvey" data-source="post: 47693" data-attributes="member: 6449"><p>Hello Wesley, my dad Pct Frank Mulvey was in 2 SAS 3 Squadron. I have the list of men on operation Tombola, March 1945 and L/Cpl J Meager is on the list so my father would have known him well. operation Tombola was the last of these kinds of missions in Northern Italy and was led by Major Roy Farran. It was extremely successful but sadly 3 were killed. You can buy the book operation Tombola, written by Roy Farran which I have just finished reading, it is an excellent account of the events of the attack on 2 villas being used as German headquarters. The attack took place to the sound of bagpipes played by David Kirkpatrick, the last remaining survivor that we know of and you can listen to his interview on Youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUwo2SpF-Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUwo2SpF-Q</a> it's a very good interview by Matteo Incerti who has written the Italian book about Tombola. We have also just come back from the annual memorial for operation Tombola in Northern Italy, Albinea, arranged by Matteo, which you should all consider attending next year. It is a fantastic event, we even went up Mount Cusna as close to the drop zone (where they parachuted in) as the snow would allow. Some of the SAS hadn't even jumped out of a plane before, just had basic training. The mission was very tough and you should be very proud of your grandfather for making it out alive. They played a major part in driving the Germans back and making life very difficult for them. I might be able to help with more info, Tara.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T.Mulvey, post: 47693, member: 6449"] Hello Wesley, my dad Pct Frank Mulvey was in 2 SAS 3 Squadron. I have the list of men on operation Tombola, March 1945 and L/Cpl J Meager is on the list so my father would have known him well. operation Tombola was the last of these kinds of missions in Northern Italy and was led by Major Roy Farran. It was extremely successful but sadly 3 were killed. You can buy the book operation Tombola, written by Roy Farran which I have just finished reading, it is an excellent account of the events of the attack on 2 villas being used as German headquarters. The attack took place to the sound of bagpipes played by David Kirkpatrick, the last remaining survivor that we know of and you can listen to his interview on Youtube [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrUwo2SpF-Q[/url] it's a very good interview by Matteo Incerti who has written the Italian book about Tombola. We have also just come back from the annual memorial for operation Tombola in Northern Italy, Albinea, arranged by Matteo, which you should all consider attending next year. It is a fantastic event, we even went up Mount Cusna as close to the drop zone (where they parachuted in) as the snow would allow. Some of the SAS hadn't even jumped out of a plane before, just had basic training. The mission was very tough and you should be very proud of your grandfather for making it out alive. They played a major part in driving the Germans back and making life very difficult for them. I might be able to help with more info, Tara. [/QUOTE]
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