Published December 9, 2014 · Updated December 8, 2014 Office of Strategic Services’ Operational Groups,

Tragically, in the subsequent sorties of the Rype mission, two fully loaded B-24s crashed in the bitter northern winter. With the exception of one flight officer, all aboard the aircraft were lost. As a somber memorial to those men and to the original ethnic source of the Operational Group, here is the NORSO Honor Roll of those aircraft: Anderson, Robert N., T/3 Berge, Trygve, T/Sgt Falck, Knut J ., Cpl Iverson, Bernard N., T/5 Jones, Blain C., 1st Lt Kjelness, Edward E. S/Sgt Meland, Leif E., T/5 Ottersland, Gerald, T/5 Rorvick, Johannes S. T/5 Sondeno, Eddie O., T/5

Seven of these ten OG members had originally volunteered from the 99th Infantry Battalion (Sep) at Camp Hale.

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Knut J Falck