Palmar Olavson Bjørnøy
The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
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- Participant in WW2
"Palmar Bjørnøy fotografert under 50 års jubileet for freden då han mottok miniatyrstatuetten av Kong Haakon VII. Statuetten blei tildelt dei 10 attlevande av 38 krigskorsinnhavarar i Sjøforsvaret".Copyright: "Han kjempa for Noregs fridom: Palmar Bjørnøy til minne", Bygdebladet, 4. desember 1996, s. 2.
Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen, s. 393:
Innlemmet i Shetlandsgjengen: 00.9.1941, nr. c008.
Antall turer: sesong 1941-42=9, sesong 1942-43=1, sesong 1943-44=10, sesong 1944-45=30.
Overført annen virksomhet: 13.12.1945.The National Archives, Kew:
Colonel R. W. Craddock, 21. november 1945:
"Q/M P. BJORNOY joined a secret base in SHETLAND as a fishing boat engineer on 15th September 1941 and since that time has taken part in fifty operations by fishing boat and Subchaser, including a special operation in October 1942 for his part in which he received the D.S.M..
In spite of the injuries which he received as a result of exposure on this operation he resumed sailings from SHETLAND as soon as he was fit and continued on operations in fishing boats.
When in the Autumn of 1943 the Base was re-equipped with Subchasers, BJORNOY, although only a fisherman fitted himself by keenness and hard work to take over S.C. VIGRA as chief Engineer, and has acted in that capacity on every one of the forty operations the ship has carried out in enemy waters.
He is an outstanding representative of the engine room crews who so successfully adapted themselves from an extreme simple mechanism with which they had been familiar from childhood to the operation of a small but complex warship, which they have been notably successful at keeping at sea in all weathers.
It is recommended that Q/M BJORNOY be awarded the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom."
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 25.4.1944 (dette må imidlertid være feil dato), som: Kvartermester.
Sivil stilling: Mekaniker
Sivil utdannelse: 4 år verkstedtid.
Tidligere militærtjeneste: Setermoen 1939/40. Deltok i krigen i Norge 7 mndr.
Beskikket eller vervet fra: U/Kvm. fra 1.11.1943.
Militær spesialutdannelse eller kurser: Spes.kurs i Komp. Linge , 4 mndr. Kurs småkaliber 21.6. - 1.7.1943. A.A.Kurs 3,12, 6. - 16.7.1943.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 13.6.1947. S.K.T.
Sources
«Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen», Asgeir Ueland, 2017.
"Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren", redigert av Erik Gjems-Onstad, Oslo 1995.
https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8y&type=27123&aarstall=The National Archives, Kew: HS 9/891/7 og HS 9/159/5
"Seedie's List of Submarine Awards for World War II," Seedie, 1990, s. 92.
"Seedie's Roll of Naval Honours & Awards 1939-1959", Seedie, 1989
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.4. kort 119-120.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbbb/L0001
"Høgtidsstund for veteran frå Shetlandsgjengen: Palmar Bjørnøy sette alt inn for fred og fridom", 8. mars 1995, s. 26.
