What the records say
- When
- 21 Apr 1942 – 22 Apr 1942
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 50.62° N, 1.64° E
- Description
- raid on Hardelot, France scheduled for 18–19 April, 1942, but delayed by bad weather until 21–22 April
Operation Abercrombie
1942 WWII raid in Pas-de-Calais, France
During World War II, Operation Abercrombie was an Anglo-Canadian reconnaissance raid on the area around the French coastal village of Hardelot, located south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais. It had been scheduled for the night of 19/20 April 1942, but delayed until 21/22 April. The raid was largely unopposed but, on review, the benefits were thought not to have been worth the effort.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Abercrombie, raid de l'armée canadienne sur la petite ville côtière d'Hardelot dans le Pas-de-Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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