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What is the meaning of the codeword "Greengrocer"? 69 Sqdn RAF Operational Record Book, 1944, in each sortie's Summary of Events, classified "Secret", makes several references to contacting "Greengrocer". It seems to refer when perhaps radio contact is made to declare the recognition of...

69 Squadron RAF operated night reconnaissance flights in specially modified Wellington XIII's from June 1944 to May 1945 in support of the Allied invasion of Europe. The aircraft flew singly and each had to locate its target, sometimes as small as a crossroads or railway junction, at night...