| Entry Text: | MACKSEY, Kenneth. Godwin's Saga: A Commando Epic. x, 149p., illus., index. London: Brassey's, 1987. ISBN: 0080347428.
John Godwin joined the RN in 1941 and was soon serving as an Able Seaman on Ark Royal. After her sinking he was trained at King Alfred, commissioned, and volunteered for Combined Operations. In late 1942, 16 men from No. 14 (Arctic) Commando were selected for special training and Godwin soon had a group of six who raided Norway in May 1943. They sank a minesweeper with limpet mines, were captured, and taken to Sachsenhausen. Most of the group died in a desperate revolt in February 1945. |
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