Operation Telescope

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Operation Telescope
Part of Suez Crisis
Date 5–6 November, 1956 Location Port Said, Egypt Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom France	Egypt
Commanders and leaders
M A H Butler Paul Edwin Crooke Jacques Massu	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Strength
3. PARA Other Detachments 2. RPC	3 Companies of Regulars Local Paramilitary Forces
Casualties and losses
4 killed 32 wounded [1] 1 Westland Wyvern	Unknown Casualties 3 SU-100s Captured

Operation Telescope was a Franco-British operation conducted from 5 to 6 November 1956 during the Suez Crisis, consisting of a series of parachute drops launched by the British Parachute Brigade, in combination with French paratroop forces, 24 hours before the seaborne landing on Port Said during Operation Musketeer. Troops dropped onto Gamil airfield and Port Fuad to secure airfields and prevent Egyptian forces from providing air defence. It was put forward by the deputy Land Task Force Commander General André Beaufre under the original name Omelette which included many more drops but was adapted due to British fear of another failure like Arnhem and a lack of aircraft able to deploy paratroopers.