Cecilie was aboard the DS Barøy, a Norwegian coastal liner. On September 12, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Bodø to Narvik when it was torpedoed by a British aircraft. The missile hit on the port side, sinking the ship in just two minutes. Only a handful of people were able to be rescued after the sinking. 112 lives were lost: 35 German soldiers, and 77 Norwegian civilians.
Cecilie was killed in the sinking.
"JOHANSEN, CECILIE MARIE, schoolgirl, Harstad. Born 4 January 1929 in Harstad, daughter of Otto Eugen Johansen, b. 1903 in Harstad, and Jenny Marie b. Martinsen, b. 1899 in Torsken. Perished on 12 September 1941 with d/s Barøy when the ship went down in the Vestfjord after an explosion, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. The mother died at the same time. (From "Our Fallen")
Cecilie was killed in the sinking.
"JOHANSEN, CECILIE MARIE, schoolgirl, Harstad. Born 4 January 1929 in Harstad, daughter of Otto Eugen Johansen, b. 1903 in Harstad, and Jenny Marie b. Martinsen, b. 1899 in Torsken. Perished on 12 September 1941 with d/s Barøy when the ship went down in the Vestfjord after an explosion, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. The mother died at the same time. (From "Our Fallen")
Cecilie was aboard the DS Barøy, a Norwegian coastal liner. On September 12, 1941, the ship was on her way north from Bodø to Narvik when it was torpedoed by a British aircraft. The missile hit on the port side, sinking the ship in just two minutes. Only a handful of people were able to be rescued after the sinking. 112 lives were lost: 35 German soldiers, and 77 Norwegian civilians.
Cecilie was killed in the sinking.
"JOHANSEN, CECILIE MARIE, schoolgirl, Harstad. Born 4 January 1929 in Harstad, daughter of Otto Eugen Johansen, b. 1903 in Harstad, and Jenny Marie b. Martinsen, b. 1899 in Torsken. Perished on 12 September 1941 with d/s Barøy when the ship went down in the Vestfjord after an explosion, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. The mother died at the same time. (From "Our Fallen")
Cecilie was killed in the sinking.
"JOHANSEN, CECILIE MARIE, schoolgirl, Harstad. Born 4 January 1929 in Harstad, daughter of Otto Eugen Johansen, b. 1903 in Harstad, and Jenny Marie b. Martinsen, b. 1899 in Torsken. Perished on 12 September 1941 with d/s Barøy when the ship went down in the Vestfjord after an explosion, en route from Trondheim to Narvik. The mother died at the same time. (From "Our Fallen")
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