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Operations by the Services Reconnaissance in World War II
Operation Finch was a series of operations undertaken by the Services Reconnaissance Department in World War II.[1]
- ^ Brigadier Keith Stringfellow, RFD, ED United Service, Vol. 66, No. 2, Jun 2015: 16 Mahony, Kevin; Court, Peter
Australian special operations of the Second World War |
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Timor,
Sundas
and Java |
- Operation Mackerel (1942)
- Operation Tiger (Java) (1942)
- Operation Lion (1942)
- Operation Flounder (1942)
- Operation Ambon (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Walnut (1942-43)
- Operation Lancer (1942)
- Operation Lizard (1942–43)
- Operation Lagarto (1943)
- Operation Cobra (1943)
- Operation Adder (1944)
- Operation Mugger (1944, incomplete)
- Operation Hornet (1944)
- Operation Bat & Apache (1944)
- Operation Wasp (1944)
- Operation Gnat (1944)
- Operation Flea (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Louse (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Sounder (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Sunfish (1945)
- Operation Sunable (1945)
- Operation Sunbaker (1945)
- Operation Suncharlie (April 1945)
- Operation Sundog (1945)
- Operation Blackfish (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Blackbird (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Sunlag (1945)
- Operation Lagartout (1945)
- Operation Brim (1945)
- Operation Pigeon (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Suncob (1945)
- Operation Salmon (1945)
- Operation Carp (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Cod (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Starfish (1945)
- Operation Binatang (1945)
- Operation Anchovy (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Groper (1945)
- Operation Demo (1945)
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| New Guinea |
- Salamaua Raid (1942)
- Heath's Farm Raid (1942)
- Mubo Raid (1942)
- Operation Cockroach (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Beetle (1942)
- Operation Ladybird (1942)
- Operation Spider (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Wasp (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Tick (1942)
- Operation Bug (1942)
- Operation Locust (1943)
- Operation Oaktree (1942–44)
- Operation Whiting (1943)
- Operation Scorpion (1943)
- Operation Mosstroops (1943)
- Operation Menzies (1944)
- Operation Perch (1944)
- Operation Reaper (1944)
- Operation Silver (1944)
- Operation Gold (1944)
- Operation Copper (1944)
- Operation Vokeo (1944)
- Operation Crayfish (1944)
- Operation Falcon (1944)
- Operation Phoenix (1944)
- Operation Rose
- Operation Dodo
- Operation Moa
- Operation Lennon
- Operation Socrates
- Operation Flathead
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| Borneo | |
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Celebes and
Moluccas |
- Operation Giraffe
- Operation Crane
- Operation Shril
- Operation Magpie
- Operation Raven
- Operation Garnish
- Operation Opossum (1945)
- Operation Swallow
- Operation Swift
- Operation Finch (1945)
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Malaya and
China Seas |
- Operation Jaywick (1943)
- Operation Rimau (1944–45)
- Operation Politician-Optican
- Operation Gunard
- Operation Crocodile
- Operation Carpenter
- Operation Period
- Operation Oblivion
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| Other |
- Operation Sabre (1945)
- Operation Apple (1945)
- Operation Turnip
- Operation Potato
- Operation Goldfish
- Operation Pine Needle
- Operation Trout
- Operation Shark
- Operation Carrot
- Operation Radish
- Operation Asparagus
- Operation Bream
- Operation Robin
- Operation Stallion
- Mission 204 (or 'Tulip Force') (1942–43)
- Operation Source (1943)
- Operation Guidance (1944)
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| Proposed | |
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Other Netherlands
East Indies | |
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