Bjarne Borgan
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.
Date of birth
Gender
Nationality
NorwayBirthplace
Place of living
County
Service
Rank
Other
- Participant in WW2
Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen, s. 393:
Innlemmet i Shetlandsgjengen: 24.2.1943, nr. c143.
Antall turer: sesong 1943-44=9, sesong 1944-45=1.
Overført annen virksomhet: 10.9.1944.Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Hustru: Agnes Borgan, Knut Alfsensvei, Sinsen, Terrasse, Oslo
Antatt i Marinen: 23.2.1943, som: U.d.m. Nummer: Intet nr..
Sivil stilling: Sekretær
Sivil utdannelse: Folkehøgskole. Lærerskole.
Tidligere militærtjeneste 108 dager i 1919/21/22.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 22.11.1944.
The National Archives, Kew, HS 9/182/5:
"On the 9th April 1941, a year after the invasion, he was arrested for having been active with illegal literature. He finally, many months after, escaped to Stockholm.
"Borgan is about fifty years old and definitely steeped to the neck in Social Democratic Party Politics. He was a secretary of this political party during a number of years, and a principal collaborator with [...]. This no doubt explains his Norwegian plane priority."
"Secretary to Norwegian Labour Party, volunteered for service in Norway at Molde. Arrived in U.K. 7th Feb. 43."
Sources
«Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen», Asgeir Ueland, 2017.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.4. kort 175-176.
The National Archives, Kew, HS 9/182/5