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This is a story that I gained more from comrads of my Father than from the man himself, although he did verify that he had been into Germany during the second World War. He also admited to me that this particular action had taken place, and that he had a role in it. But I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this story at all, and it must be taken on face value.

My Father, Leslie George Bull, had returned to England for leave, when he was approached by a senior officer and asked to volunteer for an action in Germany. He was advised that he would be require to go into mainland Germany and 'Assasinate' an Army Officer who had been captured by the enemy, and who had important information they did not want disclosed to the Germans. I know that my Father would have hated the thought of 'Assasination' of any kind, as he was a professional Soldier.

My Father agreed to take the job, providing he could pick his own team, and providing they volunteered for this action. He never disclosed who was in the team, but other members of his unit had obviously heard about it.

He was duly dropped into northern France with his team of five men, and made his way into Germany from there.

Nothing was heard from the team for 12 weeks. At which point my Father turned up in Dover with all of his team intact, and the said Prisoner in tow.

He had never been supplied with Food or Ammunition while he was inside Germany, and had to keep his whole team alive, and safe while he was there.

I was asked by people who faught with my Father how he had managed to get the Prisoner from a heavily guarded prison in Germany, and all the way back to England without loosing a single man?

Unfortunately I could never answer the question because my Father always refused to discuss in detail, anything that was done under the Official Secrets Act!

I knew that my Father was a foreign weapons expert, and highly trained in Survival behind enemy lines, as he later taught me.

But I was never able to verify this story, or get any further information from him an the subject.

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