Operation Jubilee order of battle

Operation Jubilee was the Allied code name for the raid at Dieppe on the French coast on August 19, 1942. The following order of battle lists the significant military units that participated in the battle, or were available as reserve.

Allied

Ground forces

The landing force commander was Major General John Hamilton Roberts, the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.

• 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
  • 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Sherwood Lett
    • The Essex Scottish Regiment
    • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
    • The Royal Regiment of Canada
  • 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
    • Three platoons, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
    • Mortar Platoon, The Calgary Highlanders
  • 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier William Wallace Southam
    • Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
    • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
    • The South Saskatchewan Regiment
    • No. 6 Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
  • 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank))
  • Detachment, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
  • Detachment, 4th Field Regiment, RCA
  • The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)
• No. 3 Commando
• No. 4 Commando
• No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando
• A Commando Royal Marines
• No. 30 Commando
• No. 40 Commando
• Detachment of 1st U.S. Ranger Battalion

Notes:

Naval forces

The naval forces were under the command of Captain John Hughes-Hallett of the Royal Navy.

• 8 Hunt class destroyers - HMS Albrighton, Berkeley, Bleasdale, Brocklesby, Calpe, Fernie, Garth, and ORP Ślązak of the Polish Navy
• 1 gunboat - HMS Locust
• 9th Minesweeper Flotilla
• 13th Minesweeper Flotilla
• 9 landing ships, infantry - HMS Duke of Wellington, HMS Glengyle, HMS Invicta, HMS Prince Charles, HMS Prince Leopold, HMS Princess Beatrix, HMS Princess Astrid, HMS Prins Albert and HMS Queen Emma.

Supporting elements came from Royal Navy Coastal Forces

• 12 motor gun boats
• 4 steam gun boats of the 1st SGB Flotilla.
• 20 motor launches

Air forces

The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

• RAF Fighter Command No. 11 Group RAF
  • 48 Spitfire squadrons
    • No. 19 Squadron RAF
    • No. 41 Squadron RAF
    • No. 43 Squadron RAF
    • No. 64 Squadron RAF
    • No. 66 Squadron RAF
    • No. 71 Squadron RAF (American)
    • No. 81 Squadron RAF
    • No. 87 Squadron RAF
    • No. 91 Squadron RAF
    • No. 111 Squadron RAF
    • No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF (American volunteers)
    • No. 122 Squadron RAF
    • No. 124 Squadron RAF
    • No. 129 Squadron RAF
    • No. 130 Squadron RAF
    • No. 131 Squadron RAF
    • No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron (American)
    • No. 134 Squadron RAF
    • No. 154 Squadron RAF
    • No. 165 Squadron RAF
    • No. 222 Squadron RAF
    • No. 232 Squadron RAF
    • No. 242 Squadron RAF
    • 302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • 303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • 306 "City of Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    • No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    • 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron
    • No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron
    • No. 340 (GC/IV/2 Ile de France) Squadron (French)
    • No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron (Belgian)
    • No. 401 Squadron RCAF
    • No. 403 Squadron RCAF
    • No. 411 Squadron RCAF
    • No. 412 Squadron RCAF
    • No. 501 Squadron RAF
    • No. 602 Squadron RAF
    • No. 610 Squadron RAF
    • No. 611 Squadron RAF
    • No. 616 Squadron RAF
  • 8 Hurricane squadrons
    • No. 3 Squadron RAF
    • No. 32 Squadron RAF
    • No. 43 Squadron RAF
    • No. 87 Squadron RAF
    • No. 174 Squadron RAF
    • No. 175 Squadron RAF
    • No. 245 Squadron RAF
    • No. 253 Squadron RAF
  • 2 Mustang squadrons
    • No. 26 Squadron RAF
    • No. 239 Squadron RAF
    • No. 400 Squadron RCAF
    • No. 414 Squadron RCAF
  • 3 Hawker Typhoon squadrons
    • No. 56 Squadron RAF
    • No. 266 Squadron RAF
  • 2 Bristol Blenheim light bomber squadrons
    • No. 13 Squadron RAF
    • No. 614 Squadron RAF
  • 1 Bristol Beaufighter squadron
  • 1 Boston light bomber squadron
    • No. 418 Squadron RCAF
• RAF Bomber Command No. 2 Group RAF
  • 5 Boston squadrons
    • No. 88 Squadron RAF
    • No. 107 Squadron RAF
    • No. 226 Squadron RAF
• USAAF Eighth Air Force
  • 97th Bombardment Group (B-17s)
    • 340th Bombardment Squadron
    • 341st Bombardment Squadron
    • 342nd Bombardment Squadron
    • 414th Bombardment Squadron
  • 31st Fighter Group (Spitfires)
    • 307th Fighter Squadron
    • 308th Fighter Squadron
    • 309th Fighter Squadron

German

Heer

Defence of the coast at Dieppe was y the 302.Infanterie-Division under the command of Generalleutnant Konrad Haase. This division was assigned to LXXXI.Armee-Korps, Army Group D.

• 302nd Static Infantry Division
  • 570th Infantry Regiment
  • 571st Infantry Regiment
  • 572nd Infantry Regiment
  • 302nd Artillery Regiment
  • 302nd Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 302nd Antitank Battalion
  • 302nd Engineer Battalion
• 216th Battery
• 813th Battery
• 2/770 Army Coastal Battery
• Heavy Flak group

The following German formations were available as reserves, but did not actually participate in the battle:

• 676th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Static Infantry Division
• 10th Panzer Division
• SS Infantry Brigade Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

Luftwaffe

• Jagdgeschwader 2 (2nd Fighter Wing)
• Jagdgeschwader 26 (26th Fighter Wing)
• Kampfgeschwader 2 (2nd Bomber Wing)
• II./Kampfgeschader 40 (II. Group/40th Bomber Wing)
• 1.(F)/123 Reconnaissance