NORWAY Kvernhellen, Sverre Odd Jofred

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  • SURNAME
Kvernhellen
  • FORENAME
Sverre Odd Jofred
  • UNIT
SN Section SOE (NNSU - Norwegian Naval Special Unit - Shetland Bus)
  • RANK
Skipper
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
1st April 1943
  • AGE
36
  • GRAVESITE
Shetland Bus Memorial,Scalloway,Shetland,Scotland
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Husoy i Solund,Norway
born 25.4.1906 Solund,Norway
fisherman
to England 8.4.1942 in own fishingboat
R.N.N.
M/K Brattholm I - damaged by aircraft and scuttled near Rebennes,Karlsoy,Norway
POW 30.3.1943 - shot
1 crewman KIA
2 crew DOW or from torture
8 including Kvernhellen POW and shot
1 survivor - Jan Baalsrud - see his story in "We Die Alone" (David Howarth)
Solund Memorial
 

DATE OF DEATH:

01-Apr-1943
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