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Lieut: WykehamH Martin.
Dynam.
223.
Alulol
1352
1st Ideut: of "Alice', D.B.2.
15
Date 7th June 1940.
TO V.A. Dover.
Report on Dynamo Operation.
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Alice left Southampton at 2030/26/5/40
and at Dover was directed to beach herself at
La Panne, to fac litate unloading of cargo of
250 tons of provisions.
This operation was carried out at
0800/28 by Alice and Kaap Falga, the former
having rescued Pilot Sergeant T.BOYD 516716
of 213 Fighter Squadron, who had descended
by parachute.
Two hours later he was transfered
to Able Tasman, also beached at La Panne as
it was thought that she would be the first
to return, Alice and Kaap Falga having received
orders to refloat as soon as possible and beach
themselves again after dark at Bray Beaches,
there to land some provisions and evacuate soldiers
before daylight.
Lieut: Slater (C.O. Alice ) and Lieut
Beale (C.O. Kaap Falga) landed to make definità
arrangements with G.H.Q. for the evening's
operation.
Whilst they were ashore four bomb
and Machine gun attacks were carried out against the
three ships beached and the Military ashore
About 1400/29 ,Major P.De Havilland, of
at
unea
G.H.Q. four soldiers, himself being wounded, with instructions
(D.A.Q.M.G.) arrived on board Alice with
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for me to try and get in touch with a destroyer cut
immediately, and he wished to report to the War Office
as his communications had been the
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seriousness of the situation.
stated that Germans would be occuppying evening
Dunkirk and He advancing along the coast that
due to the capitulation of Belgian Troops for
told him of the intentions he had the
evening evacuation Bray Beaches, where the provisions were
I and he told me that troops
falling just come back from on La Panne, and that
were no longer required mentioned there. that the beach Channel. at Bray
was under He also was the Zudycote he said
fire ,as
Two naval leg. and one
had taken been to hit one the
Military From his description Slater I (Alice)
conclusion that it was Lieut: Beale (Kaap Falga)
who who I spoke was was KIlled wounded. to Lieut and Slater Lieut: was I was also over wrong; unharmed. the phone, since on and June6th he assured
me but that due Lieut Efforts Beale were made bullets the to
aircraft of the engine, up.