M-5610 was shot up and sank just north of island Lepsøya. Only one of the 17 German sailors survived. He was picked up from the water an hour later by the Germans at HKB Roald.

M-322 was heavily damaged. Two sailors killed, six seriously wounded and eleven lightly wounded. The ship was later repaired and used by the Norwegian Navy for many years after the war.

Source: Flyalarm and article by Jan O. Flatmark

Bristol Beaufighter Haramsøy, Møre og Romsdal

144 Squadron RAF F/144 LX-851 10.1 1945

A force of 26 Beaufighters of 144 Sqdn, 404 Sqdn, 455 Sqdn and 489 Sqdn Dallachy Strike Wing were on anti-shipping patrol in Molde-Bremanger area. They were escorted by ten Mustangs of 315 Sqdn and two Mosquito"Outriders" of Norwegian 333 Sqdn. At Lepsøya they attacked the German minesweepers M-322 and M-5610. During the attack on M-322 two Beaufighters were shot down. LX-851 crashed on the shore at Haram. W/O Charles Harry Mowbray Foster RAF and F/Sgt.Roland George Cunningham both rest at Stavne. Cunninghams grave is not marked with his name. He is also commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

455 Squadron RAAF M/455 RD-141 10.1 1945

RD-141 was hit by German flak and crashed burning in the Longvafjord at app.14.45. P/O Clifford Joseph Dunshea rests at Stavne Cemetery.The body of P/O Arthur Edmund Winter was not found. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

This memorial was erected some time after the war by Nils Haram.

Wreckage of LX-851 was still to be found in the vicinity of the crash site. The engines of the other aircraft were salvaged in 1972