Blackburn B-24 Skua

Ark Royal 800 Squadron Blackburn Skuas on Flight Deck 1939

Ark Royal Blackburn Skua Lt Taylour Taking Off Old Photo 1939

Trondheim 1940











Date: Thursday 13 June 1940
Time: c.
Type: Blackburn Skua II
Owner/operator: 803 Sqn FAA RN
Registration: L2963
MSN: -
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: In the sea at Frøsetskjæret Byneset 14 miles west of Trondheim. - Norway
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: HMS Ark Royal
Destination airport: HMS Ark Royal
Narrative:
Following the bombing of the German Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Trondheim Harbour, early morning of 13th June 1940, the 803 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Blackburn Skua, L2963 "A7-F", was shot down by 3/ZG-76 Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf 110D flown by Obersleutnant, G.Gollob. The aircraft ditched In the sea at Frøsetskjæret Byneset 14 miles west of Trondheim. Pilot, Lieutenant, Cecil Howard Filmer and Air Gunner, Midshipman, Thomas Anthony McKee survived and became prisoners of war. The aircraft was subsequently recovered from the sea by the German forces. (Pictures of the recovery are on " Blackburn Skua Vagnildgrenda (tihlde.org) "

Fifteen Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Blackburn Skuas took off from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal at 00:05 hrs. on 13th June 1940, (six, 800 Sqn. and nine, 803 Sqn.), to bomb the German Battleship Scharnhorst anchored in Trondheim Harbour. Eight were shot by down Messerschmitt Bf 109's & Bf 110's during the mission with only seven, (two, 800 Sqn. and five, 803 Sqn.) aircraft returning to land back on HMS Ark Royal by 03:45 hrs.
53% of the attacking aircraft were lost during the raid, inflicting only minimal damage on the Battleship Scharnhorst.

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