Sola Churchyard
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Sola Churchyard

Sola, Sola kommune, Rogaland fylke, Norway

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    Coordinates: 58.89030, 5.61971
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Sola is situated on the south-west coast, south of Stavanger and just north of Sandnes. From Sola follow the signs to Sola Airport, then follow the signs for Sola church.

Sola, the site of Stavanger airport, was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1940 and was raided constantly thereafter by the Commonwealth air forces, being the nearest aerodrome in Norway to the home bases in Scotland. It was heavily defended and many of the crews were shot down and came to be buried here in Sola.

The Commonwealth war graves plot is at the airfield and maintained by the Royal Norwegian Air Force Station at Sola. It contains 45 burials, two of them unidentified, and all but one of them airmen.

In 1961, 13 of the graves were brought to Sola from isolated churchyards at Blomvag, Miomna, Eivindvik and Eikedal.





Sola is situated on the south-west coast, south of Stavanger and just north of Sandnes. From Sola follow the signs to Sola Airport, then follow the signs for Sola church.

Sola, the site of Stavanger airport, was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1940 and was raided constantly thereafter by the Commonwealth air forces, being the nearest aerodrome in Norway to the home bases in Scotland. It was heavily defended and many of the crews were shot down and came to be buried here in Sola.

The Commonwealth war graves plot is at the airfield and maintained by the Royal Norwegian Air Force Station at Sola. It contains 45 burials, two of them unidentified, and all but one of them airmen.

In 1961, 13 of the graves were brought to Sola from isolated churchyards at Blomvag, Miomna, Eivindvik and Eikedal.





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  • Added: 22 May 2007
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