Date:	Friday 26 July 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Blackburn Skua II
Owner/operator:	801 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	L2906
MSN:	7371/40
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North sea off Haugaland, Rogaland County, -   Norway
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Destination airport:	RNAS Hatston, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Narrative:
801 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Blackburn Skua L2906, from RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, crashed into the North Sea, just offshore from Haugaland, Rogaland County, Norway, 65 miles south of Bergen, following a collision with another Blackburn Skua while dive bombing oil tanks at Bergen, in heavy rain and cloud.
The two aircrew Pilot, Sub-Lieutenant, John Edwin Howard Myers and Air Gunner, Naval Airman, Sydney Alfred Bass were lost with the aircraft.
The aircraft was one of nine 801 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Blackburn Skuas from RNAS Hatston, Scotland carrying out a bombing raid in the Bergen area.

SKUA!: The Royal Navy's Dive-Bomber - Peter C. Smith - Google Books
Blackburn Skua (2) (valka.cz)
Fall of France, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2021 00:04	Peter Clarke	Added
14-Jan-2021 20:26	Castle	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]