Mission Freston

During World War II in February 1944, the Polish government-in-exile began efforts to obtain a British mission in German-occupied Poland.

[3][7] Members of the mission parachuted on the night of 26/27 December 1944 to the receiving station "Ogórek" ("Cucumber"), about 30 km south-east of Częstochowa, in Bystrzanowice near Żarki (location: N 50°41'00" E 19°31' 40").

Anthony Currie, liaison officer, translator and radio operator, instructor at the Cichociemni training center in Audley End House.

[8][3] The mission's task, delayed by at least half a year, after Warsaw uprising, was to play a liaison role between the Home Army Headquarters and the Soviet command.

The 3rd company of the 2nd battalion of the 27th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army under the command of Lieutenant Stanisław Wencel pseudonym "Twardy"[12][7] was assigned to the first cover of the mission.

[13] In defense of the British military mission "Freston", in the fight against the Germans possessing tanks and armored vehicles, a Polish Home Army soldier from a security company died – a Master Corporal pseudonym "Newada" (en.

The group of five was joined by Lieutenant Szymon Zaremba on the order of General Okulicki as a liaison officer responsible for the stay of the members of the mission in Poland.