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STS 5 - Wanborough Manor, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey - initially the Preliminary School for F (French) Section, later (from June 1943) holding depot for Dutch agents and training of German Army PoWs as BONZOs.
STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days later on November 16, 1982. STS-5 was the first Space Shuttle mission to deploy communications satellites into orbit, and the first officially "operational" Space Shuttle mission.
From 1941, Briggens House was used by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as the main forgery operation to support their secret agents and undercover special forces. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] When the house was requisitioned by the War Office the family was allowed to stay in residence which was very rare in cases such as this.
SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes Alf Espedal: Norwegian Independent Company 1: Norwegian: 1914–1969: Trained in STS 26 at Glen More and other Special Training Schools. In charge of "Operation Osprey" that parachuted in Rogaland county on Dec. 10 1943. Reginald Harold Everson: 1923–1990: Francois Michelle William Reeve ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blasted former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a post on X, accusing the Biden-era official of "mismanagement."
[5] By the autumn of 1940 more than 2,000 men had volunteered for commando training and what became known as the Special Service Brigade was formed into 12 units called commandos. [5] Each commando numbered about 450 men and was commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Each was divided into troops of 75 men and further divided into sections of 15 men ...
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw sits on the bench as the rest of his team watches the closing minutes of the XIII Super Bowl, in Miami, Fla, on Jan, 21, 1979.
Nearfield Instruments is eying a stock market listing in the next three years amid growing adoption of its measurement tools, its CEO told Reuters, potentially giving the Netherlands another ...