Operation Manna @ 80

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Organised by the International Bomber Command Centre Radio team, ( Lincolnshire Portable Radio Group ) Andy M0IYE, Rose 2E0RXO, Daron 2E0GFY, James M7GYP and the Plusscouts Radio team in the Netherlands Sander PD9HIX , Erwin PA3EFR.
With a huge amount of help from radio Clubs and individuals around the world. Nearly 100 people who have worked so hard to make this event possible. Huge thanks to them all!

Also many thanks to the Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Radio Society of Great Britain for all their help and support!

A-M-R-O

This event will be supported by AMRO operators mostly in Australia but also worldwide with their event on the 25th of April (ANZAC day) and the 26th and 27th of April. Details on their website.

CURRENT OPERATING FREQUENCY AND DETAILS OF OFFICIAL MANNA@80 STATIONS TAKING PART IN THE AWARDS PROGRAM

Commemorating 80 years since

Operation Manna & Operation Chowhound

Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops to relieve the famine in Holland behind Nazi lines late in World War two.

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The Special Event

10 Teams of radio amateurs from locations all around the world will operate on HF , VHF and DMR Brandmeister Talk Groups unique to this event 98080, 980801, 980802, 980803. As well as providing activities to visitors from their locations. Please have a read of the website and get involved with this commemoration.

Listen in to the Stations on the Internet

The locations of teams operating in commemoration of events 80 years ago, include a station in the Netherlands at an Operation Manna / Chowhound Drop Zone.

Three UK Teams: one at the International Bomber Command Centre, another at Former RAF Binbrook, an Operation Manna Airfield in the UK, and another at the 100th Bomb Group Museum Thorpe Abbots representing the US operation Chowhound from a former Chowhound airfield.

Plus Canadian, Australian, American, Polish and Dutch teams operating from their respective countries due to the international participation in operation Manna / Chowhound.

62 nationalities were part of Bomber Command in WW2 with Poland, Australia and Canada making massive contributions.

We will have awards for those amateurs who work a number of our Stations. Please click the button below to request your award. If you work another station go back to get an updated award. The teams will work on HF, VHF, and DMR Brandmeister talk groups 98080, 980801, 980802, and 980803. Many teams will run Digital modes and CW.

Please bear in mind that the current logbooks for this award are from previous events and this setup is currently in a test phase. During the actual commemoration, the logs of the respective stations will be used to deliver the earned award.

CHECK MY MANNA@ 80 AWARD

This event is great chance to get your Children or Grandchildren on the air; many of our locations are running Children’s activities and getting Children to speak to other Children around the World.

Your children can participate from your station if you’re a radio amateur or from one of our locations if you can visit. Why not join in with your radio club and have a Children’s on-air day to commemorate this important operation in WW2 while teaching some History and Science. Check out our Children’s page.

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About Operation Manna

History

Approximately 20,000 people behind Nazi lines in Holland had died through starvation, with a further 980,000 classed as malnourished. Desperation had lead to many having to survive by eating small animals including pets and tulip bulbs, some of which were poisonous.

In the final days of the war operation Manna / Chowhound was launched to help those people. The first ever use of air power in a humanitarian mission.