Operation Kestral was a World War II mission conducted by a branch of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) called Company Linge, which was a Norwegian group.
The operation aimed to sabotage production at the Fosdalen iron ore mines.
[1] During the occupation of Norway, Fosdalen was the only one of the larger Norwegian iron mines that extracted ore almost continuously.
Several attempts were made to increase the breaking rate, but were never carried out, mainly due to a lack of materials and manpower.
Three SOE operatives from Company Linge; Per Getz, Torleif Grong and Leif Well departed from the Shetland Islands by sea on September 16, 1942.