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| Date: | Thursday 9 May 1940 |
| Time: | Early mornin |
| Type: | Blackburn Skua II |
| Owner/operator: | 800 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | L3055 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south east of Grøndalsvatnet at Haugfjell, in the Norwegian mountains, -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
| HMS Ark Royal |
During a patrol over Narvik, Norway, 800 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA Skua L3055 " A6H", was damaged by anti-aircraft fire, forcing a crash landing at Grondalen, Hedmark, in the Norwegian mountains 10 miles from the Swedish border (pictured in "https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/ohcalamity.htm"). The two aircrew, Pilot, Midshipman, C. Treen and Naval Airman, A. E. T. Goble, escaped injury, setting fire to the aircraft before hiking through enemy lines to Rombaken fjord near Narvik, where they were picked up by destroyer Bedouin and shipped to Scotland.
Sources:
https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-HMS_Ark_Royal.htm
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/allies/skua/skua.html&prev=search&pto=aue
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/ohcalamity.htm
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/803_squadron.html#0905
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/ohcalamity.htm
https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/haugfjell.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2020 22:08 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 01-Dec-2020 09:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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