There are many poignant stories connected with the Shetland Bus. There is a story and video about the visit on the Shetland News website. In the background of the photo above is the tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, which arrived yesterday carrying 80 members of the veterans’ group Norges Veteranforbund for Internasjonale Operasjoner. The memorial also incorporates stones taken from the village or place in Norway that each of the crewmen came from. The names of the 44 crewmen who lost their lives during the operations are displayed on the memorial.
Small Norwegian fishing boats, and later fast submarine chasers, were used to land weapons and supplies, and rescue refugees. The Shetland Bus was a name given to clandestine special operations during the Second World War which provided a link between Shetland and occupied Norway. The Shetland Bus memorial in Scalloway, photographed today, with the Norwegian flag and colours.
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