Operation Jedburgh
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Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Free French Bureau central de renseignements et d'action and the Dutch and Belgian armies in exile were dropped by parachute into occupied France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The objective of the Jedburgh teams was to assist allied forces who invaded France on 6 June 1944 with sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and leading local resistance forces in actions against the Germans.
Jedburghs on a high bars at an obstacle course in Milton Hall, England
Jedburghs get instructions. Seated are British and American soldiers with French soldier (standing right), while British officer gives briefing (standing left)
Jedburghs in front of a B-24 Liberator prior to departure
French Jedburgh Jean Larrieu on 5 September 1944 in Lyon receives Croix de Guerre with Palm
Special Operations Executive
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Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
Major General Colin McVean Gubbins, director of SOE from September 1943
SOE memorial plaque in the cloister of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, unveiled by Major General Gubbins in April 1969
B MK II receiver and transmitter (also known as the B2 radio set)
Westland Lysander Mk III (SD), the type used for special missions into occupied France during World War II