Crew of B-24H (42-50331) / Operatives of the OSS Norwegian Group


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Reference WMO/281590

Address:

Liberator Drive

Kirkwall, Orkney

KW15 1LQ

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A pink granite (?) tablet set into a stone wall showing dedication on a central square with names of both units on either side.
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Dedication at centre-WW2 OPERATION RYPE/ IN EARLY 1945 OVER 350,000 WELL TRAINED/ AND EQUIPPED GERMANS/ WERE STATIONED IN NORWAY./ THE MAIN MISSION FOR OSS NORSO GROUP/ AND THE TOP SECRET OPERATION RYPE/ WAS TO PREVENT THESE SOLDIERS RETURNING/ TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF CENTRAL EUROPE./ THIS MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED DESPITE THE/ LOSS OF 1 AIRCRAFT AND 12 MEN IN NORWAY/ AND THE 1 AIRCRAFT AND 13 MEN IN WALLIWAL, ORKNEY.// PEACE AND DEMOCRACY ARE NOT A MATTER OF COURSE, / THEY COME AT A HIGH PRICE./31.3.1945; Left Hand Side- USAAF/801 BG 492 BG; Right Hand Side- NORWAY/OSS/NORSO/[names]

Left Hand Side- 2/LT Polansky, Henry L / 1/LT Pulrang, Peter C / 2/LT Smickle, Frederick W, Jr/ 2/LT Allessio, Charles J / SGT Stevens, William K / S/SGT Lewis, William E, Jr/ SGT Kussman, Edward / SGT Graf, Eugene J, Jr /; Right Hand Side- T/SGT Berge, Trygve / S/SGT Kjelness, Edward E/ T/5 Meland, Leif E K / T/5 Ottersland, Gerald/ T/5 Röyrvik, Johannes S T/5 Sondeno, Eddie O

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