On the Sachsenhausen Memorial to Executed British Troops it shows Captain G D Black being awarded a DSO and a MC. The CWGC web site only shows him with an MC which he won at Vaagso. Does anyone know which set of information is correct? For additional information Captain Black was the leader of Operation Musketoon in Norway in 1942.
All I have seen except for the plaque shows only MC. The British National Archives have released their files relating to this operation under heading A/G1/WCI 682 Maybe there is more info available.
I had a trawl throught the London Gazette. Couldn't find anything but you may have more luck.http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearch.asp?WebType=0&Referer=WW2
Just searching Musketoon and came across this unanswered quiestion from 2006. Capt Black was awarded a posthumous D.S.O. for Musketoon. His 2i/c Joe Houghton was awarded a posthumous Military Cross. Four men survived the raid and received a D.C.M. or M.M. - two being killed in action in subsequent operations. Regards, Jonathan S
Having just re-read my notes the DSO and MC were awarded soon after the successful conclusion of the raid was known but before the fate of Black and Houghton was known (details of their murderer was not known until late 1945), so not strictly posthumous awards as I stated earlier.
