Date:	Thursday 18 April 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk 1
Owner/operator:	816 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	P4214
MSN:	F4372
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kvalsund fjord, -   Norway
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Furious
Destination airport:	HMS Furious

Narrative:
816 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairy Swordfish P4214 'U4-K' was returning at low level to aircraft carrier HMS Furious level after a photographic mission over Tromsø when it collided with power cables across Kvalsund fjord and crashed into the sea 100 miles north east of Tromsø, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, Frank Whittingham, who was lost with the aircraft. Observer, Lieutenant Oswald Marcus Cheeke and Air Gunner, Leading Airman, S. F. White survived with injuries and were picked up by a Norwegian gun-ship.

Did You Know On This Day…1940 - Page 35 - International Scale Modeller (intscalemodeller.com)
HMS Furious, British aircraft carrier, WW2 (naval-history.net)
WORLD WAR II SEA WAR: FRANCE FALLS, BRITAIN STANDS ALONE: Day-to-Day Naval ... - Donald A. Bertke, Don Kindell, Gordon Smith - Google Books
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/13848.php
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jan-2021 00:27	Peter Clarke	Added
31-Jan-2021 16:48	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 21:20	Castle	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]