• Source: Operation Jubilee order of battle
    • Operation Jubilee was the Allied code name for the raid at Dieppe on the French coast on August 19, 1942. The following order of battle lists the significant military units that participated in the battle, or were available as reserve.


      Allied




      = Ground forces

      =
      The landing force commander was Major-General John Roberts, the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.

      2nd Canadian Infantry Division
      4th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Sherwood Lett
      The Essex Scottish Regiment
      The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
      The Royal Regiment of Canada
      5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
      Three platoons of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
      Mortar Platoon of The Calgary Highlanders
      6th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier William Southam
      Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Floating reserve)
      The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
      The South Saskatchewan Regiment
      No. 6 Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
      14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment [Tank])
      Detachment of 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA)
      Detachment of 4th Field Regiment, RCA
      The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)
      No. 3 Commando (British Army), John Durnford-Slater
      No. 4 Commando (British Army), Lt-Col Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
      No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando (French speakers attached to other units.as interpreters)
      A Commando Royal Marines
      No. 30 Commando (intelligence gathering)
      In addition a detachment of the 1st U.S. Ranger Battalion was assigned as observers to various units


      = Naval forces

      =
      The naval forces were under the command of Captain John Hughes-Hallett RN.
      Eight Hunt-class destroyers:

      Albrighton
      Berkeley- support to Calpe, controlled low fighter cover squadrons under Acting Squadron Leader, J. H. Scott, also "First Rescue Ship"
      Bleasdale
      Brocklesby
      Calpe - Headquarters ship
      Fernie - reserve HQ ship
      Garth
      ORP Ślązak (Polish Navy)
      HMS Locust - gun boat, "Cutting Out Force" carrying RM Commandos
      9th Minesweeper Flotilla
      13th Minesweeper Flotilla
      Nine landing ships, infantry each with a number of landing craft
      HMS Duke of Wellington "Landing Ship, Infantry (Hand-Hoisting)",
      HMS Glengyle - Landing Ship, Infantry (Large)
      HMS Invicta - Landing ship, Infantry (Small)
      HMS Prince Charles
      HMS Prince Leopold
      HMS Princess Beatrix - Landing Ship, Infantry (Medium)
      HMS Princess Astrid
      HMS Prins Albert
      HMS Queen Emma
      Supporting elements came from Royal Navy Coastal Forces

      12 Motor Gun Boats
      4 Steam Gun Boats of the 1st SGB Flotilla.
      20 Motor Launches


      = Air forces

      =
      The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. The Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer in the group, Group Captain Harry Broadhurst flew "air observation" at Dieppe.

      11 Group RAF Fighter Command
      48 Spitfire squadrons
      No. 19 Squadron RAF
      No. 41 Squadron RAF
      No. 43 Squadron RAF
      No. 64 Squadron RAF, Spitfire IX, Hornchurch
      No. 66 Squadron RAF
      No. 71 Squadron RAF (one of the three "Eagle Squadrons" flown by Americans in the RAF), RAF Gravesend
      No. 81 Squadron RAF
      No. 87 Squadron RAF
      No. 91 Squadron RAF
      No. 111 Squadron RAF
      No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF RAF Southend
      No. 122 Squadron RAF, Hornchurch
      No. 124 Squadron RAF, Spitfire HF VI
      No. 129 Squadron RAF
      No. 130 Squadron RAF
      No. 131 Squadron RAF
      No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron RAF Lympne
      No. 134 Squadron RAF
      No. 154 Squadron RAF
      No. 165 Squadron RAF
      No. 222 Squadron RAF
      No. 232 Squadron RAF
      No. 242 Squadron RAF
      302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron
      303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron
      306 "City of Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron
      308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron
      No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Spitfire Vb
      No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Spitfire Vb
      317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron, Spitfire Vb
      No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron, Spitfire Vb
      No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron, Spitfire Vb
      No. 340 (GC/IV/2 Ile de France) Squadron (French), Spitfire Vb, Hornchurch
      No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron (Belgian), Spitfire Vb
      No. 401 Squadron RCAF, Lympne
      No. 403 Squadron RCAF
      No. 411 Squadron RCAF
      No. 412 Squadron RCAF
      No. 416 Squadron RCAF
      No. 501 Squadron RAF
      No. 602 Squadron RAF
      No. 610 Squadron RAF
      No. 611 Squadron RAF
      No. 616 Squadron RAF
      Eight squadrons for ground attack
      No. 3 Squadron RAF Hurricane IIC
      No. 32 Squadron RAF Hurricane IIB, IIC, S/L Thorn
      No. 43 Squadron RAF Hurricane, RAF Tangmere, S/L Danny Le Roy du Vivier (Belgian)
      No. 87 Squadron RAF Hurricane
      No. 174 Squadron RAF Hurricane
      No. 175 Squadron RAF Hurricane
      No. 245 Squadron RAF Hurricane
      No. 253 Squadron RAF Hurricane
      Three Hawker Typhoon squadrons
      No. 56 Squadron RAF
      No. 266 Squadron RAF Typhoon IB, West Malling
      No. 609 Squadron RAF Typhoon IB, West Malling
      RAF Army Cooperation Command, No. 35 Wing
      No. 26 Squadron RAF - Mustang I, RAF Gatwick
      No. 239 Squadron RAF - Mustang I
      No. 400 Squadron RCAF - Mustang I, W/Cdr Waddell
      No. 414 Squadron RCAF -Mustang I, W/Cdr Begg
      RAF Army Cooperation Command, No. 36 Wing
      No. 13 Squadron RAF Bristol Blenheim light bomber (laying smoke)
      RAF Army Cooperation Command, No. 32 Wing
      No. 614 Squadron RAF Bristol Blenheim light bomber (laying smoke)
      A squadron with Bristol Beaufighter
      No 418 (City of Edmonton) Squadron RCAF Douglas Boston
      No. 2 Group RAF (RAF Bomber Command)
      No. 88 Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF Ford (tactical bombing)
      No. 107 Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF Ford (tactical bombing)
      No. 226 Squadron RAF Boston III, RAF Thruxton. (laying smoke)
      USAAF Eighth Air Force
      97th Bombardment Group (B-17Es), Grafton Underwood
      340th Bombardment Squadron
      341st Bombardment Squadron
      342nd Bombardment Squadron
      414th Bombardment Squadron
      31st Fighter Group (Spitfires)
      307th Fighter Squadron
      308th Fighter Squadron
      309th Fighter Squadron
      The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service also operated some aircraft.


      German




      = Heer

      =
      302nd Static Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Konrad Haase), part of LXXXI Army Corps, Army Group D, defending the coast at Dieppe.
      570th Infantry Regiment
      571st Infantry Regiment
      572nd Infantry Regiment
      302nd Artillery Regiment
      302nd Reconnaissance Battalion
      302nd Antitank Battalion
      302nd Engineer Battalion
      216th Battery
      813th Battery
      2/770 Army Coastal Battery
      Heavy Flak Group
      Reserves not participating in the battle:

      676th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Static Infantry Division
      10th Panzer Division
      SS Infantry Brigade Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler


      = Luftwaffe

      =
      Jagdgeschwader 2 (2nd Fighter Wing)
      Jagdgeschwader 26 (26th Fighter Wing)
      Kampfgeschwader 2 (2nd Bomber Wing)
      II./Kampfgeschwader 40 (II. Group/40th Bomber Wing)
      1.(F)/123 Reconnaissance


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