How the secret ‘Shetland Bus’ helped Norway during WW2

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Kevin Jackson

BBC Scotland News

Reporting fromBergen, Norway

The Scalloway Museum A black and white picture of a group of about 18 men and two women. They stand shoulder to shoulder in a line, with some of the men on one knee in front of the group. Most wear navy caps. Lt David Howarth in the centre is holding the crest of the base: 'Alt for Norge'. 3rd right from Howarth (as viewed in the photo) is Severin Roald, Norwegian foreman of the slipway — Some of the ‘Shetland Gang’ crew pictured at the pier in Scalloway in 1944

It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the ‘Shetland Bus’ was a real…

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