Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa5 June 1940, Captain Rei Sandberg, mutungamiriri weSkorpa musasa wevasungwa vehondo kubva pakutanga kwaMay 1940, akagamuchira runhare kubva kumukuru wemauto wedunhu achibvunza kuti varwi vangani vakanga vakachengetwa mumusasa wacho. Panguva iyoyo nhamba yacho yakanga iri 40, zvisinei gare gare zuva iroro vamwe vasungwa 51 vakasvika mumusasa, 19 vavo vakanga vari vatyairi vendege. Nokudaro, apo murayiro wakauya mukupera kwemanheru wokuendesa vatyairi 40 kuHarstad nokuda kwokubvunzurudzwa padzimbahwe reBritain muNorway kwakanga kune vashandi 59 veLuftwaffe paSkorpa. Mutungamiriri weDunhu akagumisa kuti zvakanga zvakanakisisa kutumira vasungwa 40 vakakumbirwa, panzvimbo pokutumira vose 59. Va40 vakatumwa vachibva kuSkorpa ndivo vakanga vakakwirira zvikurusa pamakumi mashanu navapfumbamwe, kubatanidza vatyairi vose. Hapana mumwe wevasungwa ava akambosvika kuHarstad, panzvimbo pezvo vakakwidzwa mungarava dzeAllied ndokuenda kuUnited Kingdom sezvo maAllies
Norway yokuchamhembe yakabviswa mazuva mashomanana gare gare. Nokukurumidza pashure pokubva kwavasungwa veLuftwaffe mirayiro yakasvika yokuti varwi vokuchamhembe kweNorway vairinda musasa wacho vaendeswe kunoshanda pamberi mukurwisana navaGermany. Zvisinei, vasati vambotiza Skorpa, shoko rakasvika kumusasa pa1:30 mangwanani musi wa8 Chikumi rokuzviisa pasi kweNorway.