Operation Bristle

Operation Bristle was a British Commando over the night of the 3/4 June 1942 raid during the Second World War. The target of the raid was a German radar site, at Plage-Ste-Cecile between Boulogne and Le Touquet. The raiding force which was provided by No. 6 Commando was defeated by the strong German defences. During the return voyage at around dawn the naval force was attacked by German fighter aircraft which damaged two Motor Launches and one Motor Gun Boat, killing one Commando and two naval personnel and wounding another 19, only the arrival of Royal Air Force preventing further damage and losses.^[1]

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British Commando raids of the Second World War A Abstention Agreement Ambassador Anklet Archery Aquatint Aflame Anglo Amherst Archway Abercrombie Acid Drop Albumen Astrakan B Baobab Basalt Biting Bigamy Batman Begonia Bulbasket Brandy Barricade Bardia raid Battle of Hill 170 Bristle Branford Battle of the Litani River C Candytuft Chestnut Clawhammer Claymore Cold Comfort Collar Colossus Cartoon Chariot Canuck Crackers Chess Checkmate Chopper D Driftwood Dryad Defoe Dunhill Deep Cut Devon E Exporter F Flipper Frankton Freshman Fahrenheit Forfar Farrier Foxrock G Gaff Gauntlet H Hardtack Huckaback Hawthorn Houndsworth I Infatuate J Jaywick Jubilee J V K Kitbag Keystone L Loyton M Maple Menacle Musketoon Myrmidon N Narcissus Nelson Newton Nicety Noah O Opossum P Postmaster Partridge Pistol R Rimau Roast Roundabout Rumford S Saxifrage Savanna Sunstar Speedwell T Tarbrush Thistledown Tombola Twin Pimples raid British Commandos List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall