Fritz Normann Larsen
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- Participant in WW2
Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen, s. 403:
Innlemmet i Shetlandsgjengen: 13.3.1942, nr. c150.
Antall turer: sesong 1943-44=13, sesong 1944-45=20.
Overført annen virksomhet: 26.10.1945.The National Archives, Kew, HS 9/892/1:
"He was there on 9.4.40 and the following day he proceeded to Brandebø in order to volunteer for service with the machine gun corps, commanding officer: LANGVIK, who according to LARSEN, is now in the U.K. LARSEN himself served under Lt. OPPEDAL.
He took part in the hostilities in the sectors Hønefoss and Kleken. He states that they found themselves surrounded by the enemy towards the end of April, but he managed to escape as a civilian and returned to Drammen about 1.5.40."
"1.5.40-March 1941. LARSEN states that he remained unemployed as long as possible as he was averse to working for the Germans. [... He] left Norway for Sweden at the beginning of March 1941. [...]
Embarked: Stockholm. Arrived: 27.2.[43]. Leuchars ex aircraft G-AGDE."
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 18. mars 1943, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Tømmermann.
Sivil utdannelse: Tømmermannlære.
Tidligere militærtjeneste: Frivillig under krigen i Norge, 3 uker.
Militær spesialutdannelse eller kurser: Burghead, Dumbarton.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 6. november 1945. M.K.Ø.
Sources
«Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen», Asgeir Ueland, 2017.
"Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren", redigert av Erik Gjems-Onstad, Oslo 1995, s. 202.
Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer - Det norske kongehus (kongehuset.no)
The National Archives, Kew, HS 9/892/1
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.24. kort 260–261.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbbb/L0001