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m north of the beach. The motor gunboat had to anchor for several hours offshore while sailors rowed small boats to the beach to collect the airmen. Despite the risks, the Sheburne Line successfully mounted five evacuations of 118 aircrew, plus a few civilians, from Bonaparte Beach between January and March 1944. The sea evacuations were suspended after March; the Shelburne personnel were told the suspension was due to "shortening nights" but actually it was because the allies worried that continuing evacuations might interfere with plans for

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