11th Special Air Service Battalion

"X" Troop

Major Trevor Allan Gordon Pritchard

Captain Gerry Daly

Captain Chrisopher Lea

Flight Lieutenant Ralph Lucky (translator)

Lieutenant Tony Deane-Drummond

2nd Lieutenant Geoff Jowett

2nd Lieutenant George Paterson

Sergeant Percy Clements

Sergeant Edward Durie

Sergeant Arthur Lawley

Sergeant George Shutt

Sergeant John Edward Walker

Corporal Ralph Chapman

Corporal "Derry" Fletcher

Corporal Emil Grice

Corporal Philip Julian

Corporal Peter O'Brien

Lance-Corporal Harry Boulter

Lance-Corporal Douglas Henderson

Lance-Corporal Doug Jones

Lance-Corporal Jim Maher

Lance-Corporal Harry Pexton

Lance-Corporal Harry Tomlin

Lance-Corporal Robert Brimer Watson

Trooper Pierre Dupont (translator, real name Fortunato Picchi)

Trooper Albert Samuels

Trooper John Tristan (real name Nicola Nastri)

Trooper Ernest Cyril Humphreys

Trooper James Parker

Driver John Crawford

Sapper R. "Jock" Davidson

Sapper Alf Parker

Sapper Owen D. James Phillips

Sapper Glyn Prior

Sapper Alan Bruce Ross

Sapper David Low Struthers

Reserves (did not participate in the Operation)

2nd Lieutenant D.J.I. Davies

Corporal W. Rowe

Private H. Humphries

Aircraft

Eight Whitley V aircraft were used on Operation Colossus. Six carried the parachutists and their equipment, and two had a full payload of bombs to carry out the diversionary raid.

 

Aircraft K Pilot Second Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner   Aircraft W Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner     Aircraft N Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner     Aircraft J Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner   Aircraft E Pilot Second Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner   Aircraft D Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner     Aircraft S (Diversion) Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner   Aircraft R (Diversion) Pilot Second Pilot Navigator Wireless Operator Air Gunner

Aircrew Wing Commander Tait Pilot Officer Purlew Sergeant Sharp Pilot Officer Alabaster Sergeant Patterson Pilot Officer Careless     Flight Lieutenant Williams Sergeant Hornsey Sergeant Walker Sergeant Kershaw Pilot Officer McLeod       Sergeant Lashbrook Pilot Officer Howley Pilot Officer Way Sergeant Greene Flight Lieutenant Williams       Sub Lieutenant Hoad Sergeant Smith Pilot Officer Houghton Sergeant Markland Pilot Officer Webb     Pilot Officer Robinson Sergeant Hatcher Wing Commander Norman Sergeant Nolan Sergeant Diamond Sergeant Gurmon     Sergeant Holden Sergeant Williams Sergeant Stevens Sergeant Barton Sergeant Balcome       Pilot Officer Wotherspoon Sergeant Southern Sergeant Meddings Sergeant Albon Sergeant Hodges     Sergeant Ennis Pilot Officer Stobbs Sergeant Edgar Sergeant Graham Sergeant Billing

Passengers Major Pritchard Captain Lea Sergeant Walker Lance-Corporal Pexton Flight Lieutenant Lucky Trooper Parker     2nd Lieutenant Jowett Sergeant Clements Trooper Tristan Corporal Grice Trooper Samuel Corporal Fletcher     Lieutenant Deane-Drummond Sergeant Lawley Sergeant Shutt Trooper Dupont Lance-Corporal Henderson Lance-Corporal Boulter     Captain Daly Corporal Chapman Lance-Corporal Tomlin Sapper Davidson Sapper Parker Sapper Prior   2nd Lieutenant Paterson Corporal O'Brien Lance-Corporal Maher Lance-Corporal Jones Sapper Struthers Lance-Corporal Watson     Sergeant Durie Corporal Julian Trooper Humphreys Sapper Crawford Sapper Ross Sapper Phillips