TNA / Unclassified 1

TNA Unclassified 1

Collection details

TNA Unclassified 1

A working collection of Operation Dynamo source material whose definitive National Archives catalogue reference is still being identified.

Holding archive: TNA
Collection reference: Unclassified 1

Source: The National Archives, Kew, Unclassified 1. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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OCR table 1 from document page 314
	Name	Date of arrival at Dover	Date of Service leaving Boats.
P.O.	R.A.Smith )	Pensiorer	Two trips to East of Dunkirk. On the last occasion were
A.B.	J.T.Wheatley		subjected to fire from coastal batteries, bombing and machine
A.B.	H.T.Morgan		gun fire, during which the French Destroyer T.41 was sunk.
E.R.A.	N.Grother	23.V.	Picked up 50 survivors. 4.VI.40 Returned to Dover 31/5 with
A.B.	S.Fleming		boat unseawcr thy and took over Folkestone Belle. The
A.B.	F.Thackrey		crew were splendid.

Boat Folkestone Belle Skylark Dover Last Morgan Smith SMITH R.A

Raw OCR

Unformatted machine-generated OCR for document page 314.

242
OPERATION
222
NO.17
SHIP:- SKYLARK, SOUTHEND.
STATEMENT BY &
Date of
Date of
Name
arrival
Service
leaving
at Dover
Boats.
ø P.O. R.A.Smith
)
Pensiorer
Two trips to East of Dunkirk.
On the last occasion were
A.B. J.T.Wheatley
subjected to fire from coastal
batteries, bombing and machine
A.B. H.T.Morgan
gun fire, during which the
French Destroyer T.41 was sunk.
E.R.A. N.Grother
23.V.
Picked up 50 survivors.
4.VI.40
Returned to Dover 31/5 with
A.B. S.Fleming
boat unseawcr thy and took
over Folkestone Belle. The
A.B. F.Thackrey
crew were splendid.