Operation Sonnie: for Norwegian interest

[Graham Boak]

Stig.

I entirely agree with you - other than that I wasn't aware of the operation name. The description is taken from the book.

The Isle of Man was used as a (fairly open) prison for enemy nationals, mainly early in the war, and I wonder if the author is confusing this with the movement of Norwegians for some other purpose. The short period of the operation and the numbers moved may be an indication here. It may be that a batch of Norwegians were moved to the island for clearance purposes prior to their use by the Allies, for steps would be taken to ensure no German sympathiser had infiltrated their ranks. So the emphasis should be on the "suspected" rather than the "collaborators".

The one other piece of information given is that HRH Crown Prince Olaf flew in on 6th September 1944 in a Lodestar, flying out to Hendon a few days later. I'd have thought he'd be much more likely to visit new loyal arrivals than a bunch of Quislings.