![]() Howarth died on 2 July 1991 at the age of 78. The King also made Howarth a Chevalier First Class in the Order of St Olav.Īfter the war, he wrote several books about the war in general and of specific events in the war. For his successful efforts in the espionage of the German presence in Norway, he received King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty. He was second in command at the Naval base in Shetland. He became involved in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and ultimately in 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. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he was a radio war correspondent for the BBC at the start of World War II. ![]() David Howarth (28 July 1912 – 2 July 1991) was a British naval officer, boatbuilder, historian and author. ![]()
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