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Date: | Tuesday 24 September 1940 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Fairey Swordfish Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 810 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | 'A2-?' |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | at Sea, off West Africa, -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
Destination airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
Narrative:810 Sqn. FAA Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish 'A2-?', operating from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles south of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, ditched in the Atlantic due to engine failure when en route to attack shipping in the port of Dakar, Senegal.
Pilot, Lieutenant Commander, A. Yeoman and crew were picked up by destroyer HMS Escapade.
Sources:
HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier, WW2 (naval-history.net)
Battle of Britain, September 1940 (naval-history.net)
A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940–1945: Volume Three: Tunisia and ... - Christopher Shores, Giovanni Massimello, Russell Guest, Frank Olynyk, Winfried Bock - Google Books
Battle of Dakar - Wikipedia
Dakar 1940 [Archive] - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum (12oclockhigh.net)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Feb-2021 17:52 |
Peter Clarke |
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