Heyerdahl's chief radio operator (Knut Haugland) *was* part of the team
that parachuted into the German heavy water plant and blew it up.

http://www.arrl.org/news/features

Do you mean "ferryboat"?,plant itself was attacked by USAAF and RAF
previously,which proved to the Germans that allies were fully aware of german
intentions.(BTW Norwegian chief engineer of the plant was a British operative)