Date:	Sunday 22 September 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk 1
Owner/operator:	821 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	L7635
MSN:	F3377
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off the Central Norwegian coast, -
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:
821 Sqn.FAA Royal Navy, Fairey Swordfish L7635, failed to return to its base at RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk), Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, following an anti-submarine patrol over the North Sea. The aircraft was lost with its three aircrew, Pilot, Sub-Lieutenant, Frederick Cristopher Saunders; Observer, Sub-Lieutenant, Derek John Theobald Marais and Air Gunner, Naval Airman, George Harry Gaynon, 200 miles north west of Trondheim, Norway.

Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, September 1940 (naval-history.net)
Swordfish I  L7635 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
The Scottish War Graves Project :: View topic - Sanday,Orkney,Lady Old Churchyard (phpbbweb.com)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
23/09/1940 | Timeline | Battle of Britain Fact File (bobfactfile.com)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Feb-2021 14:12	Peter Clarke	Added
14-Feb-2021 17:12	Castle	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]