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How the secret ‘Shetland Bus’ helped Norway during WW2

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Kevin Jackson

BBC Scotland News

Reporting fromBergen, Norway
The Scalloway Museum A black and white picture of a group of about 18 men and two women. They stand shoulder to shoulder in a line, with some of the men on one knee in front of the group. Most wear navy caps. Lt David Howarth in the centre is holding the crest of the base: 'Alt for Norge'. 3rd right from Howarth (as viewed in the photo) is Severin Roald, Norwegian foreman of the slipwayThe Scalloway Museum

Some of the ‘Shetland Gang’ crew pictured at the pier in Scalloway in 1944

It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the ‘Shetland Bus’ was a real undercover operation carried out to help the resistance in…

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