On 5 August 1944, 10 Waco CG-4 gliders towed by aircraft of 298 Squadron and 644 Squadron transported the French SAS men and armed jeeps to Brittany near Vannes (Locoal-Mendon), each glider carrying 3 SAS troopers and a jeep which carried two Vickers K machine guns plus explosives, sten guns and a Piat antitank gun.The gliders were escorted by 32 Spitfires for part of the trip.
George Aldrich, an immigrant from England, settled in Mendon, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the mid 17th century.
He died in Red Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia) and was buried in Old Cemetery, Mendon.