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Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Junkers Ju 88 A-1 |
Owner/operator: | 6./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 4D+AP |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ofotfjord, to the west of Narvik, -
Norway
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Aalborg Air Base, Vadum, Denmark |
Destination airport: | Aalborg Air Base, Vadum, Denmark |
Narrative:The aircraft, flown by Hauptmann, G. Noll, was intercepted and shot down over Ofotfjord, to the west of Narvik Norway, during a bombing raid on Narvik by six Junkers Ju 88A's, during the afternoon of 16th May 1940, by 803 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, Blackburn Skua L3010 from HMS Ark Royal, crewed by Pilot, Lieutenant Eaton and Gunner, Airman Hayman.
Hauptmann (Staffelkapitän) Günther Noll and Fw.Hubert Trimborn were both unhurt and became PoW's and shipped to Canada. Fw.Willi Shell became PoW, but returned to KG 30 in August 1940. Fw.Ernst Kübler was killed.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88#Battle_of_Norway https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0WLNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228&lpg=PT228&dq=german+freighter+barenfels+skua+attack&source=bl&ots=qr_-yOnbbC&sig=ACfU3U0fr_ag7LgzDr1KSjarvRXvpA4Hvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif25icoOTsAhV3ZhUIHeuzCKYQ6AEwD3oECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=german%20freighter%20barenfels%20skua%20attack&f=false 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.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/allies/skua/skua.html Asisbiz Luftwaffe Loss Register - Luftwaffe Kampfgeschwader 30 'Adler' bomber bosses during WWII
https://www.flyvrak.info/forra.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Nov-2020 14:56 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
28-Nov-2020 17:52 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jun-2024 11:21 |
MMR |
Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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