Was Kormoran sailing under a Dutch or Norwegian Flag?
4.91 Claims that Kormoran was flying a Norwegian flag have been in existence since 1942 and were mentioned in some contemporary newspaper accounts. Winter rebutted this suggestion in her 1983 book,124 and in a submission to the Committee indicated that the origins of the story of Kormoran flying a Norwegian flag may rest with the fact that raider Pinguin, sunk some time earlier, had been disguised as Norwegian.125 Frame also covers the matter in some detail,126 however, the story has persisted. Mr Juergen Heinrich, the nephew of one of the Kormoran crew, told the Committee that he believed the Kormoran was sailing under the Norwegian flag. He indicated: It is a Chinese man called Shuh Ah Fah … [who] stated clearly that the Kormoran was flying under a Norwegian flag. Obviously it is not just a coincidence. Adding further weight to the scenario, on the log itself it states that, while waiting for the supplies for (sic) Kulmerland in October 1941, the sides [of Kormoran] were cleaned of
