Sondeno Eddie O.

Monuments

Name:

Eddie O. Sondeno

Rank:

Technician 5th Grade

Serial Number:

39614907

Unit:

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

Date of Death:

1945-03-31

State:

Montana (Norway)

Cemetery:

Saudasj�en �vre Cemetery Saudasjoen, Sauda kommune, Rogaland fylke, Norway

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Eddie O. Sondeno (Eddie Emil S�nden�) was born on January 3, 1911 in Norway and emigrated to the US and was from Montana
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He was an Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and was part of several missions in France (Operation Percy Pink with OSS Group Pat). He was a member and part of Team Norso II (part of the OSS Norwegian Operation Group). His team was being transported by a B-24 (#42-50331 of the 856th Bomber Squadron, 492nd Bomber Group) to a parachute site in Norway as part of Operation Rype.

Operation Rype was a mission to impede the redeployment of enemy forces from Norway to Germany. The OSS was a precursor to the CIA.

While enroute to the parachute drop, the plane was forced to turn around due to bad weather. Upon return to Scotland, the plane lost 2 engines and the pilot directed the crew and passengers to bail out. Only the Co-Pilot was able to do so and survived. The rest perished when the plan crashed just south of Kirkwall, Orkney near St. Ola. A memorial remembers the crew and operatives on ��Liberator� Drive in Kirkwall.