Date:	Saturday 18 May 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk 1
Owner/operator:	823 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	?????
MSN:	-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea off the Isle of Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland -
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Glorious
Destination airport:	HMS Glorious

Narrative:
The 823 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairy Swordfish failed to return to the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious after a mine laying operation off the Norwegian coast (Operation Bottle). Following a search the two aircrew, Pilot, Lieutenant A.T. Easton and the Air Gunner were rescued from the North Sea off the Isle of Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

World War 2 - FAA No. 823 Squadron, May/June 1940 (epibreren.com)
Norway May 1940 (naval-history.net)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc
No.823 Naval Air Squadron (FAA) during the Second World War (historyofwar.org)
FAA in home waters MAY 1940 (rafcommands.com)
Bottle (i) | Operations & Codenames of WWII

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12 April 1940	????? U3-L	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	Ofotfjorden to the west of Narvik,		w/o
13 April 1940	????? U4-G	816 Sqn FAA RN	0	Narvik Harbour,		sub
25 April 1940	????? A4-A	820 Sqn FAA RN	0	North Sea, off the Central Norwegian coast,		w/o
16 May 1940	????? H3-G	814 Sqn FAA RN	2	Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone,		w/o
21 June 1940	????? G4-?	823 Sqn FAA RN	2	Trondheim Harbour,		w/o
21 June 1940	L???? G4-?	823 Sqn FAA RN	2	Trondheim Harbour,		w/o
21 July 1940	?????	813 Sqn FAA RN	1	Mediterranean Sea		w/o
27 August 1940	?????	824 Sqn FAA RN	1	Dekheila Airfield (RNAS Grebe from September 1940) Alexandria		w/o
31 August 1940	G3-B	812 Sqn FAA RN	0	English Channel		w/o
1 September 1940	?????	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	Mediterranean Sea		w/o
4 September 1940	????? 'E4-?'	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	Mediterranean Sea, off Rhodes Island, Greece.		w/o
Ditching
24 September 1940	'A2-?'	810 Sqn FAA RN	0	at Sea, off West Africa,		w/o
6 October 1940	F4-?	826 Sqn FAA RN	1	North Sea, off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex,		w/o
20 February 1942	????? 'E4-?'	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	North Atlantic,		w/o
14 April 1943	DK750	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
28 April 1943	HS226	824 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
8 June 1943	HS346	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
8 June 1943	HS543	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		w/o
16 June 1943	HS549	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
4 May 1945	NS134	705 Sqn FAA RN	2	Irish Sea, off the Isle of Man,		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Jan-2021 19:40	Peter Clarke	Added
31-Jan-2021 16:47	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 21:35	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]