![]() ![]() The King also made Howarth a Chevalier First Class of the Order of St Olav.Īfter the war, he wrote numerous books on naval and military history, including a memoir of the Shetland Bus. For his contributions to espionage operations against the German occupation of Norway, he received King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty. He was second in command at the Naval base in Shetland. He served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and helped set up the Shetland Bus, an SOE operation manned by Norwegians running a clandestine route between Shetland and Norway. Howarth joined the Navy after the fall of France. ![]() ![]() David Armine Howarth (28 July 1912 – 2 July 1991) was a British naval officer, boatbuilder, historian and author.Īfter graduating from the University of Cambridge, he became a war correspondent for BBC radio at the start of World War II. ![]()
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