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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: HQ 159 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
25   During the night, two of a crew of a Raf Halifax (one F/O and one Sgt) crossed the Maas accompanied by four Dutch boys and one girl, having been in hiding since May 24. Little activity reported during the day. The new Bm, Major P. M. Slane Mc. Joined the Hq in replacement of Major R. T. St John, who left as instructor at the Staff College. The new Bm had just left the Staff Collage. One Gaf pilot was picked up by 3 Mon. (He and three others were part of a bomber crew brought down during the night. The three others had been captured previously).

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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