drainage ditch, which ran alongside the adjacent fields. They hid in the ditch for six hours while the search went on around them, several times Germans crossed their ditch without seeing them. They stayed until they believed the Germans had left the area coming out at dusk. They were forced to leave their equipment behind as one of the men had overheard the Germans saying that they had found them and set up ambush for when they (the 'A3' group) returned to collect them. The group then set off towards the American lines having lost their explosives and were thus unable to carry out any attacks on the rail lines they had been assigned. They crossed over into the American lines on the 20 September. B group The 'B' group landed from their drop zone. Not much is known about their activities. The 'B1' group commander Lieutenant Birnie was captured on the 17 September and died in a prisoner of war camp after an air raid by the Allies. Also part of the 'B1' group were Corporal Gilbert Voisin who was captured on the 1 October near Phalsbourg, and Private Gerhard Wertheim, who was captured in September 1944. Wertheim was executed by the Germans between Niederbuhl and Rotenfels in Germany, the date of his execution is not known. The 'B2' group was commanded by Lieutenant Castellain who died of his wounds on the 12 October, shortly after having made contact with the Operation Loyton SAS mission. Private Ashe was captured on the 23 September and executed at Gaggenau in Germany. C group 'C' group were the furthest from their proposed drop zone, landing away and because of communication problems their equipment panniers were not dropped. The 'C1' group radio had also been damaged during the parachute landing. The group was dispersed on landing only two men from the 'C2' group had gathered on the drop zone. The commander of the 'C1' group Captain Scott had badly sprained his ankle on landing and was finding it difficult to move about. Lying up overnight three more members of the 'C2' were found. The group laid up for another day sending out reconnaissance parties to try and pinpoint their exact location. On the 19 September, Captain Scott divided his enlarged group into two one of four men and the other of five men. The four man group under the command of Corporal Hill