Eric Queen Posted October 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 20, 2018 This is a super original PC size portrait photo of Jacques Goffinet who was 5th SAS (Belgium Independent Parachute Company) since 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric Queen Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted October 20, 2018 From the Belgian Paratrooper database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted October 20, 2018 He took part in Operation Chaucer on August 9, 1944. The whole operation involved 22 Belgian paratroopers who were dropped in two groups, under the command of Lieutenant Jos Ghys and Lieutenant Raymond van der Heyden (‘Captain Hazel’), on 28 July and 9 August respectively. Both parties were dropped too late and were also lacking any form of motor transport, and were therefore able to achieve little more than a minor harrying of the German forces retreating in front of the Allied advance from the Normandy lodgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted October 20, 2018 And Operation Noah on August 27 On August 15, 1944, a reconnaissance group was parachuted in the French Ardennes on a mission to enter Belgium to prepare the arrival of new contingents. They were the first allies to penetrate in Belgium after German occupation. From August 27, all the groups which had taken part in the operations in France were again parachuted behind enemy lines in a large area from Gedinne (Ardennes) to Peer (Limburg) and stayed there until the arrival of the allied forces. Operations NOAH, BRUTUS, BERGBANG and CALIBAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted October 20, 2018 And on June 14 the following year he captured von Ribbentrop On 14 June, after Germany's surrender, Ribbentrop was arrested by Sergeant Jacques Goffinet, a Belgian citizen who had joined the 5th Special Air Service, the Belgian SAS, and was working with British forces near Hamburg.[270] Found with him was a rambling letter addressed to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill criticizing British foreign policy for anti-German sentiments, and blaming the British for the Soviet occupation of eastern Germany and the advancement of Bolshevism into central Europe.[271] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman6 Posted October 20, 2018 Share #7 Posted October 20, 2018 Great information and very informative. Thanks for the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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