Donald Higson, Bolton's Hero of Telemark

The Story of Operation Freshman, and the previously unknown role of Flight Lieutenant Donald Higson, Bolton´s own Hero of Telemark

Dr. Bruce A. Tocher was born in Forfar, Scotland and is a graduate of Aberdeen University. Bruce, who is now based in Stavanger, Norway has spent five years researching this topic with the aim of publishing a new book on the raid. One of the key aims of the book project has been to trace the families of the 48 soldiers and airmen who took off for Norway on that fateful evening of the 19th of November 1942. The idea is to tell the story of these incredibly courageous young men through their lives, and the lives of their families, rather than more conventional histories which focus primarily on the events themselves.