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Mykines is the western-most of the main 18 islands in the Faroe Islands. There is one settlement on the island, Mykines.
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The second World War on Mykines Holm.
After the British occupation of the Faroes on the 11.th of April 1940, all the lighthouses on the Faroes was switched off the 22.th of April and they were only lit thereafter on special order, for shorter or longer periods, to support the allied forces in different acts of war in the North Atlantic.
That the lighthouses on the Faroes had strategic importance, can be seen by the fact, that all the 3 manned lighthouses on the Faroes during the war was bombed by the Germans. The lighthouse on Akraberg was only attacked once. The lighthouse on Nolsoy twice, the second time with considerable damage as a result.
The lighthouse an Mykines Holm was attacked 3 times.
The first air raid
The first time was the 8.th of August 1941. There was one fly by early in the day and later, in the afternoon, a plane came by shooting with machine guns towards the lighthouse and an assistant lighthouse keeper was wounded and had to be treated on the hospital in Tórshavn. Besides that some material damage.
The second air raid
Already on the 24.th of August a new attack came. This time bombs were dropped, but only material damage became the result, though considerable.
The third air raid
The 30.th of October 1941 the third and last attack on the lighthouse on Mykines Holm took place. This time 5 bombs were dropped, of which 4 hit the ground around the lighthouse, but fortunately none of these exploded. Two of these slid out over the edge into the sea. The fifth hit the sea directly and exploded there. Though none of the bombs exploded in vicinity of the lighthouse, considerable damage was the result of the attack and the radio station came out of order, though only for a short time.

The Second World War ended for the lighthouses on the Faroes on the 13.th of May 1945 and from then on, the lighthouses have thrown their light over the ocean. But it was not before 1948, everything was in order again and everything had been cleaned up after these attacks. But the after war period also meant a modernization, both of the personnel houses, of the lighthouses, the technical equipment and among other things, a new power station and a new radio beacon.
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Taken on: May 8, 2008

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