RECRUITMENT OF MEMBERSOver the next month, Marius Fiil succeeded in organising a team consisting of locals to receive the drops. Apart from Marius, the group included Gudrun Fiil and their daughters Kirstine (known as 'Tulle'), Gerda Fiil, Rita and Bitten, their son Niels, son-in-law Peter Bergenhammer Sørensen, the local vet Albert Iversen, his cousins Johan Kjær Hansen (a mechanic) and Niels Nielsen Kjær (a radio retailer), Søren Peter Kristensen (a wheelwright), Henning Andersen (a miller), and his brother Barner Andersen (a driver), the Stenz brothers Andreas and Jens, Anders Venning Stensgaard (a haulier) and Svend Andersen (a farmer).
Ole Geisler was involved in all the drops, whilst Knud Christensen, a grocer from Randers, helped with distribution.
Mustard Point
At the suggestion of Marius Fiil, Geisler approved a new drop point closer to Hvidsten. The new site was in the middle of the Allestrupgård Plantation, with its low, rolling hills, ponds and scrub. The ponds were a convenient place to sink the containers once their contents had been removed. The British named the drop site 'Mustard Point'. The group received their first drop on 17 April 1943, when, in addition to their supplies, they also took delivery of a parachutist sent to help organise the resistance.
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