Behind Enemy Lines with the SOE

With his special forces training completed, Sergeant Roland Barker was allocated to Operation Arundel as its radio operator. Led by Major Bill Smallwood, he was parachuted into the Dolomites in 1944. The team’s brief was to cause havoc in the area around the Italian border and to infiltrate into Austria.

During the mission, Major Smallwood was injured in a fall and was unable to move rapidly. Despi...