launch sites. See Also Pointblank. Hydra (1943) — bombing of Peenemünde rocket research center. Double Strike (1943) — bombing of Regensburg and Schweinfurt. Huckaback (1943) — commando raid on Herm in the Channel Islands Project Habakkuk (1943) — project to construct an aircraft carrier from ice. Pointblank (1943) — umbrella for bombing offensive by USAAF and RAF in preparation for Overlord. Gomorrah (1943) — sequence of air raids on Hamburg. Rankin (1943) — planned liberation of the Channel Islands 1944 Abel (1944) — harassment of German retreat in France Astonia (1944) — assault on Le Havre Axehead (1944) — proposed assault crossing of the lower Seine and capture of Le Havre and Rouen (superseded by Astonia) Benson (1944) — reconnaissance mission by Belgian SAS near Amiens Bergbang (1944) — unsuccessful mission by Belgian SAS east of River Meuse Brutus (1944) — mission by Belgian SAS in Ardennes to arm local resistance and reinforce SAS forces Bulbasket (1944) — SAS operation to prevent German reinforcements moving from southern France to Normandy Bunyan (1944) — disruption mission by Belgian SAS in Chartres area Caliban (1944) — mission by Belgian SAS near Leopoldsburg to disrupt German communications Chaucer (1944) — Belgian SAS operation near Le Mans to harry German retreat Clipper (1944) — Allied assault on Siegfried Line at Geilenkirchen. Constellation (1944) — occupation of Venray and Venlo by British VIII Corps. Aintree (1944) — occupation of Overloon and Venray by British 3rd Infantry Division. Cooney (1944) — French SAS operation in Brittany to cut railway lines Derry (1944) — SAS operation near Le Mans to disrupt German retreat to Brest Diver (1944) — Defence of London against V-1 attack. Fabian (1944) — Belgian SAS reconnaissance operation around Arnhem (also involved in recovery of British paratroops after Operation Market Garden) Franklin (1944) — French SAS operation in the Ardennes in support of the US VIII Corps Fusilade (1944) — capture of Dieppe Gaff (1944) — SAS operation near Rambouillet to kill or capture Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, but which instead destroyed trains and attacked a German headquarters Gain (1944) — SAS successful SAS operation southwest of Paris to disrupt enemy communications Gatwick (1944) — precursor of Operation Veritable Gobbo (1944) — Belgian SAS intelligence gathering operation in northern Holland, near Drente Guildford — 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division capture of Blerick Haft (1944) — Special Air Service (SAS) intelligence gathering mission near Le Mans.