Lysander operations

Last updated on 29 August, 2021

Dates	Pilot(s)	Operation	Reception	To France	From France	References
13-14 September 1943	Sqn/Ldr Verity	BRASENOSE Mont de Dhuizel 8 kms NNW of Fismes (Aisne) 49° 21' 40" N / 03° 37' 45" E	Edgard Potier (A) Raymond Gallet (B) Camille Beuré (C) Fred Gardiner - signalling et al.	2 packages	Flt/Sgt Fred Gardiner (RAF) Pierre Geelen (SOE) Flt/Sgt Herbert Pond (RNZAF)	R/T message AIR20/8474 AIR20/8884 - map - aerial photo Fred Gardiner's account Raymond Gallet's account
16-17 October 1943 … failed, wrong back-bearing	Flg/Off Bathgate	MAGDALEN Le Champ Sainte Marie 2 kms SW of Selens (Aisne) 49° 29' 15" N / 03° 11' 10" E			Possibles: - Lt Carlyle Darling (USAAF) - W/O Ian Robb (RAF) - T/Sgt Herbert Browning (USAAF) - S/Sgt Arthur Whalen (USAAF) - W/O James Gillman (RAF)	AIR20/8474 Map
18-19 October 1943 … failed, no reception	Flg/Off McCairns	MAGDALEN Le Champ Sainte Marie 2 kms SW of Selens (Aisne) 49° 29' 15" N / 03° 11' 10" E			-- ditto --	AIR20/8474 Map
7-8 November 1943	Flg/Off McCairns	MAGDALEN Le Champ Sainte Marie 2 kms SW of Selens (Aisne) 49° 29' 15" N / 03° 11' 10" E	Raymond Gallet? Henri Burny et al.	Georges d’Oultremont (MI9) 9 packages	T/Sgt Herbert Browning (USAAF) T/Sgt John Desrochers (USAAF) S/Sgt Ellis Klein (USAAF) S/Sgt Arthur Whalen (USAAF)	AIR20/8469 Map
16-17 November 1943	Sqn/Ldr Verity Flg/Off McCairns	MAGDALEN II Le Champ Sainte Marie 2 kms SW of Selens (Aisne) 49° 29' 13" N / 03° 11' 10" E	Georges d’Oultremont Monique de Briey M. Litez Henri Burny et al.	Verity's Lysander: - Lucien Dumais (MI9) - Ray Labrosse (MI9) McCairns' Lysander: - 4 packages	Verity’s Lysander: - Sgt 'Val' Johnson (RAF) - T/Sgt Harold Maddox (USAAF) - T/Sgt Fred Murray (USAAF) McCairns’ Lysander: - 2nd Lt. Charles Breuer (USAAF) - 2nd Lt. Stanley Chichester (USAAF) - Edgard Potier (MI9) 1 package	AIR20/8469 Map Lucien Dumais' account
15-16 December 1943 … cancelled, bad weather		UNIVERSITY 6 kms NE of Fismes (Aisne) 49° 20' 45" N / 03° 45' 10" E		Edgard Potier (MI9) Jean de Blommaert (MI9) Willy Lemâitre (MI9)	Probably: - Lt Carlyle Darling (USAAF) - W/O Robert Harper (RAF) - W/O Ian Robb (RAF)	AIR20/8884 - report - aerial photo - map