In early 1941, Mitchell was joined by a Naval sublieutenant who spoke Norwegian, had spent holidays along the coast, and sailed small boats. The first operations under British auspices began in December 1940. His task was to organize an impromptu flow of Norwegian fishing vessels, which had agreed to make return trips to drop off saboteurs and equipment after evacuating refugees. Mitchell, to the Shetland Islands off of Scotland’s east coast. In the winter of 1940, the Special Operations Executive sent an Army officer, Maj. If it overcame hazardous weather, treacherous currents, potential mechanical mishaps, and enemy patrols, the crew of fishermen could take credit for another successful delivery made by the “ Shetland Bus. In the distance, he could still make out the fishing boat that had brought him to the Norwegian coast as it headed into winter storms and rough seas, towards the safety of British waters hundreds of miles distant. The saboteur beached his small motorized launch in the darkness of an Arctic winter, climbing ashore through a frozen scree.
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