Eiganes kirkegård
Also known as Stavanger Eiganes Churchyard
Stavanger, Stavanger kommune, Rogaland fylke, Norway
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In November 1942, an attempt was made to destroy the hydroelectric power station at Vermork, in Telemark, where heavy water was produced for German atomic research. Two gliders and an aircraft engaged in the raid crashed in southern Norway. All those aboard, Royal Engineers of the 1st Airborne Division and members of the Commonwealth air forces, were either killed in the crash or died later, at the hands of their German captors. The heavy water plant was eventually destroyed by a party of six Norwegians dropped by parachute in 1943.
Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard contains the graves of 25 servicemen who died in the raid.
In November 1942, an attempt was made to destroy the hydroelectric power station at Vermork, in Telemark, where heavy water was produced for German atomic research. Two gliders and an aircraft engaged in the raid crashed in southern Norway. All those aboard, Royal Engineers of the 1st Airborne Division and members of the Commonwealth air forces, were either killed in the crash or died later, at the hands of their German captors. The heavy water plant was eventually destroyed by a party of six Norwegians dropped by parachute in 1943.
Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard contains the graves of 25 servicemen who died in the raid.
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- Added: 23 May 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2218115
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