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informants, František Bednář and František Šmíd, were verified through London's Radio, and Brno's Gestapo managed to gather and destroy information about members of Clay group by February 1945, the same month in which Šmíd was executed in February 1945 by members of the
282:, where they hid. Their first message was transmitted on 30 April 1944. In the Valašsko & Slovácko region, they established an intelligence network of cooperating residents and resistance members. They also supported to members of Operation Carbon. 313:, where they made radio-contact with London. They joined partisan fighters and sent 800 radio messages and coordinated weapons drops. It was one of the most successful operations of the war. 1025: 689: 1030: 701: 713: 494: 370: 1033: 1265: 892: 757: 908: 624: 468: 363: 718: 765: 752: 1260: 1202: 1155: 1081: 772: 706: 356: 815: 1121: 339: 191: 1255: 1060: 977: 943: 163: 1086: 1053: 1048: 1043: 1038: 459: 258:, sergeant Jiří Štokman and radio-operator sergeant Čestmír Šikola. They gathered intelligence in the region of Northern 235: 823: 639: 170: 1216: 1065: 210: 148: 1270: 1126: 1114: 972: 398: 1131: 725: 571: 295: 140: 177: 935: 900: 306: 144: 847: 1160: 310: 159: 879: 992: 1020: 745: 279: 1103: 982: 987: 839: 831: 655: 129: 1184: 923: 799: 647: 133: 230:; Eva was a code name for radio transmitter) was a cover name for the operation executed during 671: 476: 997: 603: 242:. It was organized by intelligence section of exile, Czechoslovakian Ministry of Defence in 184: 541: 871: 442: 8: 255: 76:
To gather intelligence in the region of Northern Moravia, and transmit by radio to London
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The group, with the Carbon group, was dropped on 13 April near the village of
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infiltrated the intelligence network created by the Clay group. Both
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After they were taken by surprise by the Gestapo in the village
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