Commonwealth War Graves Stavanger

In November 1942, an attempt was made to destroy the hydroelectric power station at Vermork, in Telemark, where heavy water was produced for German atomic research.

Two gliders and an aircraft engaged in the raid crashed in southern Norway. All those aboard, Royal Engineers of the 1st Airborne Division and members of the Commonwealth air forces, were either killed in the crash or died later, at the hands of their German captors.

The heavy water plant was eventually destroyed by a party of six Norwegians dropped by parachute in 1943.

Eiganes Churchyard in Stavanger contains the graves of 25 servicemen who died in the raid, the rest are buried at Helleland Churchyard. In all, the cemetery contains 44 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: TracesOfWar.nl