Canadian War Cemetery in Dieppe
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The Allied dead were originally buried in a mass grave, but at the insistence of the German War Graves Commission, the bodies were reinterred at a site used in 1939 by the British Hospital in Vertus Forest on the outskirts of the town.The headstones at the Canadian War Graves Cemetery in Dieppe were placed back-to-back in two rows, the norm for a German war cemetery but unusual for Commonwealth War Graves Commission sites. When the Allies liberated Dieppe in 1944 as part of Operation Fusilade, the headstones were replaced with standard CWGC headstones, but their arrangement was left unchanged to avoid disturbing the remains.
Attachment 1
Assembly of the 310th Squadron on 19 Aug 1942
S/Ldr František Doležal
P/O Jan Doucha
F/O Jiří Hartman
W/O Adolf Fornůsek
F/Lt Bohuslav Kimlička
Sgt Antonín Škach
F/Sgt František Mlejnecký
Sgt Viktor Popelka
F/Lt Emil Foit
Sgt Josef Stivar
F/Lt Vladislav Chocholin
Sgt Karel Pernica
The composition of 312 Squadron on 19 Aug 1942:
S/Ldr Jan Čermák
P/O Vojtěch Smolík
P/O František Chábera
Sgt Miroslav Liškutín
Sgt Václav Ruprecht
F/Sgt Tomáš Motyčka
F/Lt Karel Kasal
F/Lt Viktor Koslik
F/O Josef Keprt
F/Sgt Jaroslav Dobrovolný
Sgt Robert Ossendorf
F/Sgt Josef Pípa
The following two pilots took part in the Jubilee operation in the ranks of other RAF squadrons.
F/Lt Jiří Maňák with 611 Squadron
F/Lt František Vancl with 111 Squadron. At the time of the operation he was in command of A Squadron, but in reality he led the entire squadron in the absence of a commander.
Source: Rajlich J., Sehnal J., Stíhači nad Kanálem, Naše vojsko, Prague 1993
An overview of aerial victories achieved by Czechoslovak RAF fighters on 19 August 1942
day | time | pen | pilot | airplane | code number | other aircraft | city |
19.8. | 05.55 | 611 | F/Lt J.Maňák | Spitfire F.IXC | BS116 FY-N | 1Fw 190 pš. | Dieppe |
09.40 | 111 | F/Lt F.Vancl | Spitfire VB | AD252 JU- | 0.5 To 217p. | Dieppe | |
11.00 | 310 | F/Lt E.Foit | Spitfire VC | AR498 NN-W | 1 Do 217 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.05 | 310 | S/Ldr F.Doležal | Spitfire VB | EP452 NN-D | 1 Do 217 pr. | at Dieppe | |
11.05 | 310 | F/O J.Hartman | Spitfire VB | EP572NN-Z | 1 Bf 110 psc. | Dieppe | |
11.05 | 310 | Sgt A.Škach | Spitfire VB | EP637 NN-K | 1 Fw 190 pš. | at Dieppe | |
11.05 | 310 | F/LtV.Chocholín | Spitfire VC | AR503 NN-Q | 1 To 217 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.05 | 310 | Sgt V.Popelka | Spitfire VB | EP453 NN- | 1 Do 217 pr. | Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | Sgt V.Popelka | Spitfire VB | EP453 NN- | 1 Ju 88 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | Sgt J.Stivar | Spitfire VB | EP287 NN-X | 1 Do 217 pš. | at Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | W/O A.Fornůsek | Spitfire VC | AR499 NN-U | 1 Do 217 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | S/Ldr F.Doležal | Spitfire VB | EP452 NN-D | 1 Fw 190 pš. | at Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | F/Lt B.Kimlicka | Spitfire VB | EP464 NN-E | 1 Do 217 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.10 | 310 | F/Lt E.Foit | Spitfire VC | AR498 NN-W | 1 Do 217 pš. | Dieppe | |
11.15 | 310 | F/Lt E.Foit | Spitfire VC | AR498 NN-W | 1 Do 217 pš. | at Dieppe | |
11.15 | 310 | P/O J.Doucha | Spitfire VC | AR495 NN-J | 1 Do 217 pš. | at Dieppe | |
11.25 | 310 | Sgt K.Pernica | Spitfire VB | EP461 NN- | 1 Do 217 pš. | S of Dieppe | |
11.30 | 312 | Sgt M.Liskutín | Spitfire VC | EP559 DU-V | 1 Fw 190 pš. | 16 km NE of Dieppe | |
11.30 | 312 | F/Sgt T.Motyčka | Spitfire VB | AA970 DU-J | 1 Fw 190 pr. | at Dieppe | |
11.30 | 312 | Sgt V.Ruprecht | Spitfire VB | EP518 DU-N | 1 Fw 190 pr. | at Dieppe | |
11.30 | 312 | P/O V.Smolík | Spitfire VB | EP547 DU-B | 1 Fw 190 psc. | Dieppe | |
15.20 | 312 | F/Sgt J.Pipa | Spitfire VB | W3837 DU-S | 1 Do 217 pš. | Canal at Dieppe | |
15.25 | 312 | F/O J.Keprt | Spitfire VB | EP432DU-R | 1 To 217 | Dieppe Canal | |
15.25 | 312 | Sgt M.Liskutín | Spitfire VB | EP660 DU-O | 0,5 Do 217 | Canal at Dieppe |
Source: Rajlich J., Sehnal J., Stíhači nad Kanálem, Naše vojsko, Prague 1993
Status of aircraft and reports on their movements of unit III./KG 2
At the beginning of the month | Increment | Loss | At the end of the month | |||||||
Date | Number | Type | Total | New | Repairs | From other departments | Total | In combat | In other ways | Total |
8.42 | 31 | To 217E-2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | - | 16 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Arm: www.ww2.dk
Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Time | pilot | unit | aircraft | city |
11.20 | Ofw.Paul Czwilinski | 2./JG 26 | Fw 190A-2 W.Nr. 5396, "black 10" | Dieppe, port |
- | Oblt.Winkelmann | Stab II./JG 26 | Fw 190A-3 W.Nr. 2557, | |
11.00 | Uffz.Hans Rieder | 5./JG 26 | Fw 190A-2 W.Nr. 2120, "black 9" | Dieppe/ St. Valéry |
- | Ofw.Werner Gerhardt | 5./JG 26 | Fw 190A-3 W.Nr. 0538, "black 3" | Dieppe |
15.00 | Fw. August Golub | 9./JG 26 | Fw 190A-2 W.Nr. 5298, "yellow 6" | 15 km NW of Dieppe |
Uffz. Heinrich von Berg | 10./JG 26 | Fw 190 A-3/U-3, W.Nr. 2240 | 4 km S of Hesdin | |
Oblt. Johannes Schmidt | 11./JG 26 | Bf 109 G-1, W.Nr. 14058 | 10 km S of Dieppe |
Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen
Time | pilot | unit | aircraft | city |
- | Oblt. Erich Leie | Stab I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 0326 | near Abbeville |
- | Lt. Reinhardt Bohm | 2./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0341, "black 9" | |
- | Uffz. Gunther Brietz | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 2186 | sea at Dieppe |
- | Uffz. Kurt Epsiger | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 7015 | |
- | Uffz. Rudi Robbers | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0208 | near Dieppe |
- | Fw. Karl Schweikart | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0320 | sea at Dieppe |
- | unknown | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 0479 | near Dieppe |
- | unknown | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 0545 | near Dieppe |
- | unknown | I./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0231 | near Dieppe |
- | Gefr. Siegfried Eimer | 4./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0226, "white 12" | |
- | Lt. Ludwig Spinner | 4./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 5527 | near Rouen |
- | Uffz. Gunther Geguns | 6./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 5216, "yellow 2" | near Dieppe |
- | Lt. Franz Sommer | 6./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 5223, "yellow 11" | |
- | unknown | II./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 5518 | Beauville |
- | Uffz. Werner Urban | II./JG 2 | Fw 190A-3, W.Nr. 5529 | Le Havre/Octeville |
- | Uffz. Wilhelm Gunther | III./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 2071 | near Beauville |
- | Fw. Heinz Pfeffer | 9th/JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 5270 | near Petiot |
- | unknown | 10./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 5299 | Caen/Carpiquet |
- | unknown | 10./JG 2 | Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0272 | near Paluel |
- | Fw. Erwin Kley | 11./JG 2 | Bf 109G-1, W.Nr. 10311 | Le Tréport |
- | unknown | 11./JG 2 | Bf 109G-1, W.Nr. 10313 | Monchy-Bréton |
Arm: www.feindberuehrung.de/leseprobe/seitenanhang.pdf
"Ordre de bataille" of the 2nd Canadian Division on mobilization day, 24 May 1940
4th Brigade, Royal Regiment of Canada*
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry*
Essex Scottish Regiment*
5th Black Watch Brigade of Canada
Royal de Maissonneure
Calgary Highlanders
6th Brigade Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal*
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada*
South Saskatchewan Regiment*
1st Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Regiment (Ontario Regiment)
12th Armoured Regiment (Threerivers Regiment)
14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary Regiment)*
* units were deployed on 19 Aug 1942 during the Dieppe Landing
Source: www.12rbc.com/seconde_guerre.htm
"Ordre de bataille" of the 2nd Canadian Division on 19 Aug 1942, Operation Jubilee
Division Commander: Major General John H. Roberts
4th Brigade (Brig. Gen. Sherwood Lett)
Essex Scottish Regiment (Col. Jasperson)
Royal Regiment of Canada (Colonel D. E. Chato)
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Colonel Labatt)
6th Brigade (Brig. Gen. W.W. Southam)
South Saskatchewan Regiment (Col. C. C. I. Merritt)
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Colonel Gostling)
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Colonel D. Menard)
1st Tank Brigade, 14th Tank Regiment (Calgary Regiment) ( Colonel Andrews)
Detached units:
Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (The Black Watch)-1 Company
Calgary Highlanders (mortars operating from landing craft)
Toronto Scottish (machine gun battalion operating from landing craft)
3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
2nd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
7th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
11th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers 1st Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
Canadian casualties 19 Aug 1942
Unit | loaded | killed | wounded | captured | returned |
Essex Scottish Regiment | 553 | 121 | 27 | 382 | 52 |
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry | 582 | 197 | 109 | 175 | 217 |
Royal Regiment of Canada | 554 | 227 | 33 | 264 | 65 |
South Saskatchewan Regiment | 523 | 84 | 166 | 89 | 353 |
Cameron Highlanders of Canada | 503 | 76 | 103 | 167 | 268 |
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal | 584 | 119 | 50 | 344 | 125 |
14th Tank Regiment | 417 | 13 | 4 | 157 | 247 |
sabbath | 90 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 70 |
total | 3806 | 842 | 506 | 1593 | 1397 |
With the attached departments, Canadians had a total of:
loaded | killed | wounded | captured | returned |
4963 | 907 | 587 | 1946 | 2210 |
Arm: www.orbat.com/site/data/historical/canada/operationjubilee.html
Extracts from German Reports on the Dieppe Raid, para 11
0947 hours
11. Commanding Officer, Navy West, refuses the employment of submarines for reconnaissance in the Channel requested by Army H.Q., as submarines lend themselves very little for reconaissance and their employment to the east of Cherbourg is not possible owing to the risk of mines and enemy superiority. Their employment at the western exit of the Channel and the Bay of Biscay is not considered necessary at present.
www.warships1.com/W-hist/HSII_Dieppe.htm , Raid on Dieppe, Battle Summary No. 33
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