Date:	Monday 9 September 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Blackburn Skua Mk II
Owner/operator:	801 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	L2889
MSN:	7371/23
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea -
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RNAS Hatston /HMS Sparrowhawk, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Destination airport:	RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Narrative:
801 Sqn. FAA Royal Navy, Blackburn Skua, L2889 failed to return to its base at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, following a mission to attack shipping at Bergen, Norway on the 9th September1940.
The two aircrew, Pilot, Petty Officer, Henry Charles Kimber and Air Gunner, Petty Officer, Alfred George Clayton were lost in the North Sea with the aircraft.

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2021 16:35	Peter Clarke	Added
11-Feb-2021 20:42	Castle	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]