John Laverick, SBS on Crete during Operation Albumen - WWII
John Laverick, SBS and famed cook!) preparing a meal on Crete during Operation Albumen. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island of Rhodes. Sutherland then took part in Operation Albumen on Crete, when 29 German aircraft were destroyed for the loss of one officer, and afterwards escaped with several Cretans who feared German reprisals
Picture No
10724201
Media ID
45668057
Size
5116px x 3556px
(8.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Photograph by Colonel David Sutherland MC Bar (1920-2006) from a family album
Date
circa 1942
