Operation Biting, also called the Bruneval Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid on the night of 27-28 February 1942 against a German Wurzburg radar installation at Bruneval, northern France. Around 120 airborne troops of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, led by Major John Frost, parachuted in, seized the radar site and a captured German technician, and were evacuated by Royal Navy landing craft. The intelligence recovered allowed British scientists to understand German radar technology and develop effective countermeasures.
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Operation TypeSpecial-forces raid (technical intelligence) 1 LocationBruneval, German-occupied France 1 Participants2nd Parachute Battalion (1st Airborne Division), No. 51 Squadron RAF, Royal Navy landing craft, Royal Engineers 1 ObjectiveCapture components of a German Wurzburg radar installation intact for scientific examination in Britain 1 OutcomeThe raid succeeded with relatively few casualties; recovered radar components and a captured technician let British scientists develop countermeasures, including the Window chaff technique 1 Operation Type
Operation Type (category)Special-Forces Operation 1 Connections
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Operation Biting was carried out by C Company of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, British Army
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Operation Biting, also known as the Bruneval Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid on a German coastal radar installation at Bruneval in northern France, during the Second World War, on the night of 27–28 February 1942.
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The raid was entirely successful. The airborne troops suffered relatively few casualties, and the pieces of the radar they brought back, along with a captured German radar technician, allowed British scientists to understand enemy advances in radar and to create countermeasures to neutralize them.
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