PF CARD
FILE:
NAME: Moyse, Jean.
BORN:
EDUCATION:
OCCUPATION:
ARRIVED IN ENGLAND:
ORGANISATION: SAS
TRAINED AS: WT Operator.
TO THE FIELD: 15-09-1944
MISSION: FABIAN
DROPPED AT:
NEAR: Nijkerk.
DROPPED WITH: Kirschen, Pietquin & Regner.
OVERRUN:
PLACE:
RETURNED TO ENGLAND: medio March 1945.
AFTER MISSION REPORT:
ARRESTED: N.A.
PRISONS: N.A.
DIED:
PLACE:
ALIAS:
NAMES IN THE FIELD:
RADIOPLANS:
CRYSTALS:
SET:
PREFIX:
CUTOUT:
WITH ORGANIZATION:
CONTACTS:
SAFEHOUSES:
TX LOCATIONS:
WT-OPERATOR(S): Pietquin.
SOURCES: https://www.covgelderland.nl/files/20200227Short_History_of_BEL_SAS_in_WW_II.pdf
REMARKS: On the night of 15 to 16 September 1944, Kirschen, Regner and signallers Moyse
and Pietquin were dropped in the vicinity of Nijkerk, some ten kilometres northeast of Amersfoort. There were met by a reception party from the Dutch resistance. On 17 September, the SAS brigade informed the team of the start of operation ‘Market-Garden’: "To Regan 705: Allied airborne force landed midday today area Arnhem E 77. Information from you now highest importance. Use emergency link." On 19 September, Kirschen received the following message: "Airborne H.Q. here unable to establish contact with troops at Arnhem. Try to send to HQ First Division E.740780 and pass message through your set. Password for you to allied troops: Nancy.” Kirschen suggested that Regner should establish contact and return with 40 an officer from the 1st Airborne Division. Together with a Dutch resistance fighter,
Regner headed for Arnhem. In Driel, Regner swam across the Rhine to go to Oosterbeek, where he learned that the situation in Arnhem seemed hopeless. Given the change in the situation, it was decided to return to Nijmegen and cross the Allied lines. At the beginning of October, Regner and his Dutch guide returned to Brussels. In the meantime, on 21 September, Kirschen received important information about a V2 launch base which was sent to London. On 24 September, the British radio reported that the last airborne troops had left the area of Arnhem. On 2 October, two soldiers who had evaded from Arnhem were handed over to the Belgian SAS team. On 4 October, Kirschen attached the plans of the German defences north of the Rhine to two pigeons, but neither arrived in England. On 15 October, two other pigeons were released, again carrying the plan, as well as the list of British airborne troops who were hiding in the region. On 16 October, the team received the following message: "Thanks for the plans and for the list of paratroopers, transferred by Zig." About one hundred and fifty soldiers that had evaded from Arnhem were still hiding in the area of operations of the Belgian SAS team. Kirschen went to Ede, where major Digby Tatham-Warter, officer commanding of ‘A’ Company of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, hid himself and whom he asked to take charge of the group. Tatham-Warter accepted Kirschen's proposal and with the support of the Dutch resistance, the Belgian SAS safely evacuated one hundred and thirty-nine soldiers over the Lower Rhine near Renkum during operation ‘Pegasus I’, on the night of 22 to 23 October. On 22 October, radio operator Pietquin returned to the Allied lines and subsequently to England, since he had planned to marry a Scottish woman. The success of the first evacuation prompted the Allies to plan for a second attempt, operation ‘Pegasus II’. Unfortunately, the security of this operation was compromised when a reporter impersonated an intelligence officer and interviewed several evaders from the first operation. The news story alerted the Germans, who strengthened their patrols along the river. The operation largely replicated the original, but was due to take place 4 kilometres from the earlier site, starting on the evening of 18 November. A party of 130 people would attempt to cross the river, but stumbled into a German patrol. Several were killed in the resulting firefight and the evaders were scattered. No one was able to cross that night, although seven people crossed during the next two days. On 6 December 1944, Kirschen and Moyse were ordered to return to Allied lines. However, it would be mid-March before they were able to do so. During their 6-month assignment, 419 messages had been sent to London.
"Lance-Corporal Moyse has taken part in three parachute operations behind the enemy lines, in each case as W/T operator. The first, near CHARTRES in August 1944, lasted for two weeks only but Lance-Corporal Moyse maintained communications with base in difficult circumstances as the country was full of enemy troops.
The second operation was near COMPIEGNE at the end of August. On the 29th August the barn in which the party's W/T was erected was attacked by the enemy and set on fire. While the rest of the S.A.S. party held off the enemy, Lance-Corporal MOYSE dismantled his set and successfully withdrew it to cover.
On the 15th September he was dropped with one officer and two other ranks near UTRECHT. The two other ranks later exfiltrated to our lines but Lance-Corporal MOYSE remained with his officer (Lt. Kirschen) behind the enemy lines in Holland for a period of more than four months. The conditions under which the small party was living were of extreme danger; the enemy knew it's activities and were searching for it. During the whole of this period Lance-Corporal MOYSE was responsible for all the W/T traffic between his party and S.A.S. base and passed and received in all more than 700 messages. These concerned not only important intelligence of enemy strengths and movements but also signals on behalf of Resistance and a number dealing with the exfiltration of Airborne and other evaders. Lance-Corporal MOYSE has maintained a continuously high standard of technical wireless operation and has also been responsible for all cypher work. In spite of the mental strain of his type of work messages have been remarkably free from corruptions and distortions.
The unquestioned success of this small operation must be largely attributed to the W/T operator without whose steadfastness and devotion to duty nothing could have been accomplished."
RELEASED: N.A.
COMPLETE: NO
© Weggum
w.mugge@home.nl
Datum: 07-11-2020
NAME: Moyse, Jean.
BORN:
EDUCATION:
OCCUPATION:
ARRIVED IN ENGLAND:
ORGANISATION: SAS
TRAINED AS: WT Operator.
TO THE FIELD: 15-09-1944
MISSION: FABIAN
DROPPED AT:
NEAR: Nijkerk.
DROPPED WITH: Kirschen, Pietquin & Regner.
OVERRUN:
PLACE:
RETURNED TO ENGLAND: medio March 1945.
AFTER MISSION REPORT:
ARRESTED: N.A.
PRISONS: N.A.
DIED:
PLACE:
ALIAS:
NAMES IN THE FIELD:
RADIOPLANS:
CRYSTALS:
SET:
PREFIX:
CUTOUT:
WITH ORGANIZATION:
CONTACTS:
SAFEHOUSES:
TX LOCATIONS:
WT-OPERATOR(S): Pietquin.
SOURCES: https://www.covgelderland.nl/files/20200227Short_History_of_BEL_SAS_in_WW_II.pdf
REMARKS: On the night of 15 to 16 September 1944, Kirschen, Regner and signallers Moyse
and Pietquin were dropped in the vicinity of Nijkerk, some ten kilometres northeast of Amersfoort. There were met by a reception party from the Dutch resistance. On 17 September, the SAS brigade informed the team of the start of operation ‘Market-Garden’: "To Regan 705: Allied airborne force landed midday today area Arnhem E 77. Information from you now highest importance. Use emergency link." On 19 September, Kirschen received the following message: "Airborne H.Q. here unable to establish contact with troops at Arnhem. Try to send to HQ First Division E.740780 and pass message through your set. Password for you to allied troops: Nancy.” Kirschen suggested that Regner should establish contact and return with 40 an officer from the 1st Airborne Division. Together with a Dutch resistance fighter,
Regner headed for Arnhem. In Driel, Regner swam across the Rhine to go to Oosterbeek, where he learned that the situation in Arnhem seemed hopeless. Given the change in the situation, it was decided to return to Nijmegen and cross the Allied lines. At the beginning of October, Regner and his Dutch guide returned to Brussels. In the meantime, on 21 September, Kirschen received important information about a V2 launch base which was sent to London. On 24 September, the British radio reported that the last airborne troops had left the area of Arnhem. On 2 October, two soldiers who had evaded from Arnhem were handed over to the Belgian SAS team. On 4 October, Kirschen attached the plans of the German defences north of the Rhine to two pigeons, but neither arrived in England. On 15 October, two other pigeons were released, again carrying the plan, as well as the list of British airborne troops who were hiding in the region. On 16 October, the team received the following message: "Thanks for the plans and for the list of paratroopers, transferred by Zig." About one hundred and fifty soldiers that had evaded from Arnhem were still hiding in the area of operations of the Belgian SAS team. Kirschen went to Ede, where major Digby Tatham-Warter, officer commanding of ‘A’ Company of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, hid himself and whom he asked to take charge of the group. Tatham-Warter accepted Kirschen's proposal and with the support of the Dutch resistance, the Belgian SAS safely evacuated one hundred and thirty-nine soldiers over the Lower Rhine near Renkum during operation ‘Pegasus I’, on the night of 22 to 23 October. On 22 October, radio operator Pietquin returned to the Allied lines and subsequently to England, since he had planned to marry a Scottish woman. The success of the first evacuation prompted the Allies to plan for a second attempt, operation ‘Pegasus II’. Unfortunately, the security of this operation was compromised when a reporter impersonated an intelligence officer and interviewed several evaders from the first operation. The news story alerted the Germans, who strengthened their patrols along the river. The operation largely replicated the original, but was due to take place 4 kilometres from the earlier site, starting on the evening of 18 November. A party of 130 people would attempt to cross the river, but stumbled into a German patrol. Several were killed in the resulting firefight and the evaders were scattered. No one was able to cross that night, although seven people crossed during the next two days. On 6 December 1944, Kirschen and Moyse were ordered to return to Allied lines. However, it would be mid-March before they were able to do so. During their 6-month assignment, 419 messages had been sent to London.
"Lance-Corporal Moyse has taken part in three parachute operations behind the enemy lines, in each case as W/T operator. The first, near CHARTRES in August 1944, lasted for two weeks only but Lance-Corporal Moyse maintained communications with base in difficult circumstances as the country was full of enemy troops.
The second operation was near COMPIEGNE at the end of August. On the 29th August the barn in which the party's W/T was erected was attacked by the enemy and set on fire. While the rest of the S.A.S. party held off the enemy, Lance-Corporal MOYSE dismantled his set and successfully withdrew it to cover.
On the 15th September he was dropped with one officer and two other ranks near UTRECHT. The two other ranks later exfiltrated to our lines but Lance-Corporal MOYSE remained with his officer (Lt. Kirschen) behind the enemy lines in Holland for a period of more than four months. The conditions under which the small party was living were of extreme danger; the enemy knew it's activities and were searching for it. During the whole of this period Lance-Corporal MOYSE was responsible for all the W/T traffic between his party and S.A.S. base and passed and received in all more than 700 messages. These concerned not only important intelligence of enemy strengths and movements but also signals on behalf of Resistance and a number dealing with the exfiltration of Airborne and other evaders. Lance-Corporal MOYSE has maintained a continuously high standard of technical wireless operation and has also been responsible for all cypher work. In spite of the mental strain of his type of work messages have been remarkably free from corruptions and distortions.
The unquestioned success of this small operation must be largely attributed to the W/T operator without whose steadfastness and devotion to duty nothing could have been accomplished."
RELEASED: N.A.
COMPLETE: NO
© Weggum
w.mugge@home.nl
Datum: 07-11-2020