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Operation Sonnie: for Norwegian interest
I'm reading Cumbria Airfields in the Second World War, by Martyn Chorlton. When dealing with Jurby, he describes Operation Sonnie as beginning 20th April 1944. This operation was the transfer of suspected Norwegian collaborators in Lodestars, with flights from Norway (!) via Leuchars. These flights, 90 in total, continued until 17th October, bringing in 1,402 suspected collaborators.
Clearly something is either wrong, or very odd indeed! The only thing I can imagine is that they are ferrying people from the Shetlands, brought from Norway on the famous "Shetland Bus", but in that case I'd have thought the Lodestars could have flown direct.
Any ideas?
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