NORWAY Haugland, Knut Magne (Primus)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Haugland ​

• FORENAME

Knut Magne (Primus) ​

• UNIT

SN Section SOE ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Norway 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Kompani Linge​

born 23.9.1917 Rjukan,Norway​

radio operator Merchant Service in civilian life​

Army 1940 (platoon leader,radio platoon)​

POW and released soon after​

to Scotland 1941​

Kompani Linge autumn 1941​

Op.Grouse (later Swallow) - w/t op 1942​

Op.Curfew 1943​

member of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition 1947​

later Director of the Kon-Tiki Museum,Oslo​

other awards​

War Cross with sword (Nor)​

Legion d'Honneur (France)​

Croix de Guerre (France)​

died 25.12.2009 Norway ​

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