Memorial Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP)

World War II monument to:
C.O.P.P.
Dedicated to the volunteers of
Combined Operations Pilotage Parties
based on Hayling Island in WWII
by Countess Montbatten of Burma CBE
27th September 2012.

During World War II, covert teams were based at the Hayling Island Sailing Club on the south coast of England, where they trained in preparation for covert reconnaissance missions of beaches chosen for possible invasions around the world. The Normandy D-Day invasion owed its success in part to the COPP teams that provided information to the Allies, including measurements and core samples of the beach sands.

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Source

• Text: Anne Palmer
• Photos: Peter Mulder
• COPP Heroes