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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1940 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Blackburn Skua II |
| Owner/operator: | 803 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | L2991 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alesund Harbour, Møre og Romsdal County, -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Glorious |
| HMS Glorious |
The 803 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, Blackburn Skua L2991 '8Q' from HMS Glorious, ditched on 26th April 1940 in Alesund Harbour, Møre og Romsdal County, on the Norwegian coast, 54 miles to the west of Åndalsnes in the Romsdalsfjord county, Norway, where the aircraft had been in combat with Heinkel 111's, during which the aircraft suffered damage and gunner Petty Officer Kenneth G. Baldwin was killed. Pilot Lieutenant Cecil H. Filmer survived the mission and became a prisoner of war.
Following the ditching the floating aircraft was towed ashore, as pictured in "https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/norway.htm#:~:text=The%20Germans%20invaded%20Norway%20on,the%20K%C3%B6nigsberg%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.&text=On%20the%2012th%20of%20April,on%20shipping%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.)
Sources:
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/norway.htm#:~:text=The%20Germans%20invaded%20Norway%20on,the%20K%C3%B6nigsberg%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.&text=On%20the%2012th%20of%20April,on%20shipping%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06850.php
http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/allies/skua/skua.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 17:10 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 21-Nov-2020 10:30 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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