[Seaplanes]

The ex. Norwegian He 115's only flew two operational sorties and that was out from Kalafrana, Malta. Haakon Offerdal flew one sortie and a Free-French crew flew the last which ended in the aircraft being lost on the return flight back to Malta. This is now well documented in the SOE/SIS archives in the National Archives in Kew.

As to the Northrop N3PB. Only two aircraft returned to UK in May 1943. All other remaining aircraft were disposed off in Iceland. One aircraft was taken on strength by 330 Sq. but used only occasionally. The other was transferred to Felixstowe for storage. Both returned to Norway in summer of 1945.

The Inverness area had quite a few airfields during the war: Longman (Inverness), Leanach, Dalcross, Brackla and Black Isle.

If a SOE/SIS flight of some kind was made from Scotland to Norway during the war, except for the Norwegian Catalinas, it should be possible to trace this. Otherwise I would lean to the conclusion that it is another good story that has "matured" over the years.