10 (Inter-Allied) Commando were responsible for this operation, which was intended to obtain photographs and other evidence of mines and other traps.

[citation needed] The reconnaissance mission led by Lane required a two-mile approach up to the coast, which was heavily guarded.

[citation needed] Because of the corrosion, the mines only detonated because of the rockets from the RAF fighter, which had fallen short.

Lane's conclusion was that the deployment was only a hasty improvisation, and did not represent an advance in the Germans' mine technology.

Major Ernest Leigh Smith (then Captain) led operation Tarbrush 8 on Quend Plage and successfully returned vital information including a Teller mine.