Operation Musketoon

Operation Musketoon
Part of the Second World War
Glomfjord power plant at the end of Glomfjord
Date 11–21 September 1942 Location Glomfjord, Norway Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Graeme Black	Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Units involved
No. 2 Commando Norwegian Independent Company 1	340th Infantry Regiment 233rd Artillery Regiment (from 196th Infantry Division)[1]
Strength
United Kingdom: 10 commandos Norway: 2 commandos
Casualties and losses
1 killed 7 captured (later executed)	2 killed 2 wounded

Operation Musketoon was the codeword of a British–Norwegian commando raid in the Second World War. The operation was mounted against the German-held Glomfjord power plant in Norway from 11 to 21 September 1942.

The raiders consisted of two officers and eight men from No. 2 Commando and two men of the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile who were part of the Special Operations Executive. Crossing the North Sea by submarine, on arrival in Norway they attacked and damaged the plant, which was closed for the rest of the war.

To evade German search parties, the commandos split into two groups. One group of four men reached Sweden and were eventually repatriated to the United Kingdom. The second group was captured; one man died of wounds and the other seven were taken to Germany, interrogated and then executed at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.