Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa5 June 1940, Kaputeni Rei Sandberg, mutungamiriri weSkorpa musasa wevasungwa vehondo kubva kutanga kwaMay 1940, akagamuchira runhare kubva kunzvimbo yechiuto yedunhu achibvunza kuti varwi vangani vaive vakachengetwa mumusasa. 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. 40 vakatumwa vachibva kuSkorpa ndivo vakanga vane chinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro pa59, kubatanidza vatyairi vose. Hapana mumwe wevasungwa ava akambosvika kuHarstad, panzvimbo pacho vakakwidzwa mungarava dzeAllied ndokuenda kuUnited Kingdom sezvo maAllies akabvisa Northern Norway
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.