In 1940 the first Abwehr agents were dropped by parachute in England. The first to land by parachute was the swede Gosta Caroli, on Sept 6th 1940 near Northampton. He was arrested next day and soon recruited in the Double-Cross system under covername SUMMER. Soon his friend, the dane Schmidt followed. He was also caught and enrolled in the Double-Cross organization under covername TATE.
These agents were dropped from a converted black-painted He 111, flown from Brussels by the pilot Hauptman Karl Gartenfeld.
My question is: Does anyone know how the He 111 was converted and anything about these agent flights?
How did the agents drop?
Hardly from the ordinare hatches that were found on a He 111, it must have been some kind of opening in the belly.
Later on the H20 version was built for dropping several soldiers by parachute, but that was many years later.
These agents were dropped from a converted black-painted He 111, flown from Brussels by the pilot Hauptman Karl Gartenfeld.
My question is: Does anyone know how the He 111 was converted and anything about these agent flights?
How did the agents drop?
Hardly from the ordinare hatches that were found on a He 111, it must have been some kind of opening in the belly.
Later on the H20 version was built for dropping several soldiers by parachute, but that was many years later.
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