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Members : Miroslav Špot, Miroslav Křičenský, Vladimír Soukup, Bohumír Grasshopper
Day drop: 15.3.1943
Spot : --
Task : connecting and reporting
Scope of action: --
The cover name of radio: Anna

The fate of the members of the away team:
All crew members perished in the ruins of the aircraft, which was shot down near Munich.
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The group took six attempts for an away team in the final was their machine shot down by anti-aircraft artillery near Munich.

1. 18/19.01.1943 - Halifax DG244/MA-S (commander S/Ldr Hodges - 161. squadron)
2. 26/27.01.1943 - Halifax DG245/MA-W (commander P/O Foster – 161. squadron)
3. 13/14.02.1943 - Halifax DT543/NF-G (commander W/O Stanisław Mierniczek – 138. squadron)
4. probably on the machine 138. the squadron with the british crew
5. 24/25.02.1943 - Halifax DT620/NF-T (commander W/O Stanisław Mierniczek - 138. squadron)
6. 14/15.03.1943 - Halifax DG245/MA-W (commander F/Lt Prior - 161. squadron)

source:
www.roll-of-honour.com
www.geocities.com
To. Bieniecki - Polski załogi nad Europą, Bellona, Warszawa 2005, ISBN 83-11-10235-X.
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