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Date: | Thursday 13 June 1940 |
Time: | Early mornin |
Type: | Blackburn Skua II |
Owner/operator: | 800 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | L3028 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hermstadheia, Rissa Sør-Trøndelag , 20 miles northwest of Trondheim, -
Norway
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
Destination airport: | HMS Ark Royal |
Narrative:Following the bombing of the German Battleship Scharnhorst in Trondheim Harbour, early morning of 13th June 1940, the 800 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Blackburn Skua, L3028 "A6-G", was shot down by 4/JG-77, Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by Unteroffizier, Ludwig Fröba. The aircraft crashed at Hermstadheia, Rissa Sør-Trøndelag , 20 miles northwest of Trondheim killing Pilot, Midshipman, Leonard Henry Gallagher and Telegraphist Air Gunner, Petty Officer Airman, Wallace Crawford. ( pictures of crash site on " https://tihlde.org/~ktsorens/flyvrak/hermstadheia.html "
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.
Sources:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
Black Thursday – a disastrous Fleet Air Arm raid | Naval Air History
Roll of Honour.jpg (1125×1113) (skua.no)
English Channel sea battles, June 1940 (naval-history.net)
World War 2 - FAA No. 800 Squadron, May 1940 (epibreren.com)
Blackburn Skua (2) (valka.cz)
Skua!: The Royal Navy's Dive-Bomber - Peter C. Smith - Google Books
Боевые применение Blackburn Skua и Roc (airwar.ru)
https://w.krigskart.no/index.php?title=Hermstadheia,_Rissa_Sør-Trøndelag
Kracker Luftwaffe Archive (aircrewremembered.com)
Blackburn Skua Hermstadheia Rissa (tihlde.org)
53% of the attacking aircraft were lost during the raid, inflicting only minimal damage on the Battleship Scharnhorst.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
14 September 1939 |
L2873 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
North Atlantic Ocean, Merchantman Fanad Head, located at 56-45M 15-21W |
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w/o |
14 September 1939 |
L2957 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
North Atlantic Ocean, Merchantman Fanad Head, located at 56-45N 15-21W |
|
w/o |
10 April 1940 |
L2923 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
Bergen Fjord, |
|
w/o |
12 April 1940 |
L3037 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Askoy Island, 10 miles north west of Bergen, |
|
w/o |
14 April 1940 |
L???? |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
Bergen Fjord, |
|
w/o |
20 April 1940 |
L2999 |
800 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
North Sea - en route from Bergen, Norway to Orkney Islands, Scotland |
|
w/o |
22 April 1940 |
L???? |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland |
|
w/o |
25 April 1940 |
L3048 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
on a beach at Spillum, Namsos in Trøndelag county, |
|
non |
25 April 1940 |
L2881 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Osen, Sør-Trøndelag, |
|
w/o |
26 April 1940 |
L2991 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
Alesund Harbour, Møre og Romsdal County, |
|
w/o |
Ditching |
27 April 1940 |
L2940 |
800 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
lake Breidalsvatnet, Grotli, Skjåk municipality, |
|
w/o |
Gear-up landing |
1 May 1940 |
L???? |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
North Sea, off the Central Norwegian coast, |
|
w/o |
8 May 1940 |
L2916 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
the sea at Tovika near Harstad, Vags-fjorden. |
|
w/o |
9 May 1940 |
L3055 |
800 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
south east of Grøndalsvatnet at Haugfjell, in the Norwegian mountains, |
|
w/o |
13 May 1940 |
L3001 |
800 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Sandsoy, 10 miles north of Harstad, |
|
w/o |
13 May 1940 |
L2938 |
800 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
South of Harstad, off the north Norwegian coast, |
|
w/o |
14 May 1940 |
L2925 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
Off Tranoy, west of Narvik |
|
w/o |
14 May 1940 |
L2918 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
On the shore of Herjangsfjorden at Breivika 2 miles west of Isfjorden |
|
w/o |
21 May 1940 |
L3010 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Sandsoya 13 miles north of Harstad, |
|
unk |
28 May 1940 |
L2878 |
806 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
English Channel off the Dunkirk coast, |
|
w/o |
28 May 1940 |
L2896 |
806 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
RAF Manston, Kent, England |
|
sub |
Gear-up landing |
28 May 1940 |
????? L6-? |
806 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
RAF Manston, Kent, England |
|
w/o |
31 May 1940 |
L2917 |
801 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
North of Dunkirk, |
|
w/o |
31 May 1940 |
L???? |
801 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Near Dunkirk, |
|
sub |
18 June 1940 |
L---- "F" |
801 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Between Boulogne and Calais |
|
sub |
19 June 1940 |
L---- "P" |
801 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Between Boulogne and Calais |
|
sub |
3 July 1940 |
L2915 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
Mediterranean Sea off Oran City, |
|
w/o |
3 July 1940 |
L2891 |
803 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
Mediterranean Sea off Oran City, |
|
w/o |
22 September 1940 |
L2942 |
801 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
river Faxälven, Ramsele, Västernorrland County, 70 km north-west of So |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Dec-2020 16:18 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |