Joar Olsen

[1] He was a part of a group called Barlindgjengen (the "Yew Gang"), originally consisting of men from Jar in Bærum.

[5] On 10 December 1944,[6] Olsen, Røed and Odd Isøy was to blow up fifteen railroad tank cars at Filipstad near Oslo Vestbanestasjon; two other persons were to be used as guards.

[9] On another occasion, Olsen and Røed drove a car with illegal weapons, when they were stopped by a German road control.

They escaped when Olsen showed a faux document which claimed that the car belonged to the Red Cross.

[12] On 13 February 1945 the Aks 13000 members, and Aksjon smør participants, Arvid Hansen and Adolf Bogstad were killed, and six more were arrested.

Weapons stock had to be replenished after the attack on the car workshop Brødrene Christensen in Sandvika on 12 February.