Топографическая карта Out Skerries
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Out Skerries
Being so close to Norway, the islands were of strategic importance in World War II and were a regular landfall for Norwegian boats carrying escapees from the Nazi occupation. The local coastguard was responsible for the refugees, and at one point during the war were issued with a tommy gun, although initially no-one knew how to use it. German planes frequently flew over at low altitudes, strafing the Grunay lighthouse shore station in 1941 and dropping a bomb in 1942. The latter attack killed Mary Anderson, the only local casualty of the war, and Grunay was evacuated soon afterwards. A month later, a Canadian bomber crashed on Grunay, and in 1990 a plaque was raised to commemorate that event. Dey (1991) states that the bomber was a "British" Blenheim bomber with a crew of two Canadians and one Englishman. The plaque ceremony was attended by the family of F/Sgt Jay Oliver, one of the two Canadian casualties, and Peter Johnson, a local man who had witnessed the crash aged eight years. During the war, an official letter was sent in secret to the local sub-postmistress with instructions that it be opened in the event of a German invasion. After the war, it was returned, unopened.
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Название: Топографическая карта Out Skerries, высота, рельеф.
Местонахождение: Out Skerries, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom (60.39475 -0.80577 60.43433 -0.72899)
Средняя высота: 1 м
Минимальная высота: -2 м
Максимальная высота: 46 м
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