Hi Tim I might be able to help with some of your questions. I know a bit about what happened to the 6 men when they landed on French soil (I believe the 1st soldiers to do so of op overlord). They were all injured in one last stand in a barn, they all had severe injuries and were captured. what those 6 men did for 40 days and nights before they were captured, totally outnumbered and with a coy hunting them in the day, then at night becoming the hunters, they were never more than 300 yards from Germans, my grandfather even stole food from a farmhouse that was occupied by the Germans hunting them! They were told by a farmer they trusted 2 escaped American para P.o.Ws were hiding up in a farm 10miles to the north, that night 3 of them walked to the Americans, the area was crawling with Germans yet they managed to get there without alerting anyone, one of the Americans was in such a bad way he had to be carried, trooper Merryweather carried him the 10miles back to the barn they were hiding in and they started to patch him up! That's just one night! I don't think anything has ever been published about this operation , but i know what happened, my grandfather should have been awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions, but because he was a trooper of the SAS the highest award he could receive was a MM.
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Adam