Operation Dove (Ireland)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Dove ("Unternehmen Taube" in German) also sometimes known as Operation Pigeon, was an Abwehr II. sanctioned mission devised in early 1940. The plan envisioned the transport of IRA Chief of Staff Seán Russell to Ireland, and on the arrival of Frank Ryan in Berlin three days before the launch of the operation, it was also decided to transport him during the operation. Seán Russell had arrived in Berlin on 5 May 1940, four days after arriving in Genoa from the USA. Russell was informed of Operation Mainau, the plan to parachute Dr. Hermann Görtz into Ireland. Russell was asked to brief Görtz on Ireland before his departure that night, but missed his takeoff from the Fritzlar airfield near Kassel.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Dove ("Unternehmen Taube" in German) also sometimes known as Operation Pigeon, was an Abwehr II. sanctioned mission devised in early 1940. The plan envisioned the transport of IRA Chief of Staff Seán Russell to Ireland, and on the arrival of Frank Ryan in Berlin three days before the launch of the operation, it was also decided to transport him during the operation. Seán Russell had arrived in Berlin on 5 May 1940, four days after arriving in Genoa from the USA. Russell was informed of Operation Mainau, the plan to parachute Dr. Hermann Görtz into Ireland. Russell was asked to brief Görtz on Ireland before his departure that night, but missed his takeoff from the Fritzlar airfield near Kassel.