Einar Skinnarland DCM (27 April 1918 – 5 December 2002) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War. [1]
Einar Skinnarland was born in Vinje, in Telemark county, Norway. Skinnarland graduated from Telemark Engineering College in Porsgrunn.
He reached Aberdeen with the hijacked coastal steamer Galtesund in 1942, and was soon enrolled as a member of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Norwegian: Kompani Linge) under the SOE. He participated as a wireless operator in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage at the Vemork hydroelectric plant, site of the heavy water production at Rjukanfossen in Telemark. He was the first agent to be sent to Rjukan, dropped on the Hardangervidda on 28 March 1942. He had living near the factory almost all my life. His brother and several of his friends also worked at the factory.[2]
Skinnarland moved to Toronto in Canada in 1965 and helped build some of the world's largest dam.
Awards
Einar Skinnarland was highly decorated for his war time achievements.
- War Cross with sword
- Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Croix de Guerre avec palme
References
- ^ Einar Skinnarland (Østafjells, Telemark. 12/16/2002)
- ^ Stephen Stratford. "Operation Freshman". British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
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