War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation · Harbour and pier
At sunset the headquarters is abandoned and the party goes to the pier
26 April 1941 Proven
'At sunset we abandoned our H.Q. and the whole party proceeded to Myli pier,' wrote Baillie-Grohman. The flying boat and the caique were there, but the destroyer that was to take off the rest of the staff had not yet come. The bay is not sheltered from the south, so a flying boat could only use it in good weather.
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Sources
- Supplement to the London Gazette no. 38293, 19 May 1948: despatch of Admiral A. B. Cunningham with the report of Rear-Admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman, par. 31 and 34 Open (opens in a new tab)
- H. M. Wilson (Field-Marshal Lord Wilson), Eight Years Overseas 1939–1947, London: Hutchinson 1950, pp. c. 95–98 Open (opens in a new tab)
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