![]() 11 SAS soldiers were killed in the operation, or later executed by the Germans. They were also instructed to allow some Germans to escape, to increase reports of these fake airborne ‘landings’. British troopers of 2nd Special Air Service (SAS) were dropped with them to provide some real firepower and attack the enemy, as well as playing amplified recordings of actual troops shouting and heavy weapons fire. ![]() From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.Īround 400 ‘Ruperts’ were dropped around the drop zones in Normandy and also further north in France to deceive the Germans as to the exact location of the attack and confuse the defences. ![]() ![]() Close-up of the back of the decoy dummy ‘Rupert’.
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