Sergeant Erling Magnus Djupdræt

Sgt. Djupdræt, a Norwegian, was attached as a guide/scout to the No 2 Commando raiding party for Operation Musketoon.

Photo courtesy of Stig Olav Johansen who adds that Sgt. Djupdraet evaded initial capture but was badly wounded by a German who bayoneted him in the stomach in Fykandalen, inside a cabin. He died of his wounds in hospital in Bodø on Sept. 24th. 1942, three days after the Musketoon Operation.

In Memory of Sergeant Erling Magnus Djupdræt,
Norwegian Independent Company (Noric) 1, SOE
Born on the 16th December 1920 near Bergen, Norway.
Died of wounds on the 24th September 1942
Remembered with Honour.