Operation SHOOT

Operation SHOOT

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History

Series of operations carried out by SBS on Dalmatian islands in support of Allied raiding operations.

SHOOT I

Landing reconnaissance party of 2 RM Commands, 3 US Signals, w/t and Partisan guide on Mljet island by vessel Seagiant on 13 April 1944.

SHOOT II

Landing Partisan Captain with 8 other officers and w/t while evacation SHOOT I party from Mljet island by vessel Seagiant on 15 April.

SHOOT III

Towing of two LCA by vessel Seagiant to KorÄula island on 21 April to place howitzer support for Partisan attack.

SHOOT IV

Transport operation by Seastar on 9 May to place howitzer support and medical aid for Partisan attack on the garrison on Å olta island.

SHOOT V

Landing operation by Seastar of one officer and NCO with w/t on Mljet island on 16 May.

SHOOT VI

Landing operation by Seastar of one officer and NCO with w/t and supplies on KorÄula island on 19 May.

SHOOT VII

Pick of 3 US airman and party of Partisans from BraÄ island on 27 May by Seahawk.

SHOOT VIII

Seastar and Seahawk used in operation FLOUNCED to transport landing force on 2 June.

SHOOT IX

Seahawk landing on 5 June 100 Commando rescue party looking for Brigadier Jack Churchill who was captured during operation FLOUNCED.

Aftermath

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References

Brooks Richards - Secret Flotillas volume II: Clandestine Sea Lines in the Western Mediterranean and North Africa and the Adriatic, 1940-1944