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From Lieut: WykehamN Martin.
Dynam.
223.
A14/0/1352
1352
1st Lieut: 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
29
for to try and get in touch with a destroyer cut
28
22,
immediately, me as his communications had been the
and he wished to report to the War Office
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 Beaches, where the provisions were
I and he told me that troops
falling just come back from on Bray La Panne, and that
were no longer He also required mentioned there. that Zudycote the beach Channel. at Bray
was under fire as was the he said
Two naval leg. and one
had taken been to hit Military one hospital I came to the
From his Lieut: Slater Falga)
description (Alice)
who conclusion was KIlled that and it Lieut: was Beale wrong; (Kaap since on June6th he
who me I spoke that was wounded. Lieut to Lieut Beale Slater were was I was made also over to unharmed. the refloat and phone, splinters Alice, and from assured
but aircraft due Efforts lubrication system
of the engine,