SIX GRAVES

KARL SMÁRI HREINSSON AND SHONA FERGUS EXPLORE THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE CRASH OF A COASTAL COMMAND WELLINGTON

The badge of 221 Squadron, as approved by King George VI, depicted a flying fish and the motto ‘From Sea to Sea’.
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Iceland was a haven for Allied convoys bound for Murmansk in the Soviet Union’s far north. Ships would gather in Hvalfjö rður Bay close to the island nation’s capital, Reykjavík, before setting off on the hazardous journey along the Norwegian coast.

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