Mutt and Jeff

7th April 1941 two Norwegians disembarked from a German Arado floatplane and paddled ashore in rubber boat at Crovie, a small village on the Banffshire coast.

They were John Moe and Tor Glad and had apparently been recruited as spies by the Germans.

Arriving at Crovie, they asked a local, Charles Reid how to get to Banff, some eight miles to the west. At Banff they gave themselves and their equipment up to the police, evidently not having had any intention of spying for the Germans.

Held overnight in Banff prison, they were sent to London the following day, where following interrogation, they became double agents working for MI5.

Moe was given the codename Mutt and for most of the war sent misleading information to his German handlers, including helping deceive them into believing that the Allies were going to invade Norway.

Glad was given the codename Jeff, but was increasingly unhappy with the work and was interned later in the war.

sources :

The Story of Crovie by Eirwen Watt

The National Archives including a photograph of Double agents Mutt and Jeff Tor Glad pass for entry into England and photograph of Glad and Moe (online)

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