Fifteen Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Blackburn Skuas took off from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal at 00:05 hrs. on 13th June 1940, (six, 800 Sqn. and nine, 803 Sqn.), to bomb the German Battleship Scharnhorst anchored in Trondheim Harbour.

Blackburn Skua L2896 from Orkdalsfjord. Copyright Bengt Stangvik More about the Skuas in Norway during 1940, click the Skua drawing. Preservation plan Blackburn Skua L2896. Framdriftsplan preservering av Skua L2896. Curator Birger Larsen, NLM. Shot down by German fighter 13.06. 1940. Raiset from the seabed 242 m. 8 april 2008.

The wreckage of the L2896 will add a great number of new parts to the want list. Already found are lots of structure for the aft cockpit as well as the tail section of the airplane. Together with the parts already collected this brings us a lot closer to the goal of having a Skua on display sometimes in the future.

L2896 was repaired and returned to service, coded "A7-A", with 803 Squadron, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, on patrol off the Norwegian coast. The aircraft was lost when it was was shot down into the sea during a bombing raid on the German Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Trondheim Harbour, early morning of 13th June 1940.

Recovery of L2896. In April 2007, the only known nearly complete Blackburn Skua was discovered in Orkdalsfjorden in Norway at 242 metres depth. Due to an engine failure, the Skua, flown by John Casson, leader of 803 Squadron, had …

2003年8月9日 · Skua 7A. L2896. Captain Peter Evelyn Fanshawe and Commander John Casson were rescued by locals and spent the rest of the war as PoW's at Stalag Luft III.

Framdriftsplan preservering av Skua L2896. Konservator Birger Larsen NLM. Siden hevingen av Blackburn Skua L2896 fra Orkdalsfjorden fant sted har det allerede vært gjort en god del preservering av flyet. Vår innsamling av brukbare deler til en mulig oppbygging av en Skua har allerede pågått i 15 år!

L2896: Blackburn Skua I: Wreckage: Museum, restoration: Bodo - Museum, Norway: Nov 2013: L2903: Blackburn Skua I: Cockpit section: Museum, inside: Bodo - Museum, Norway

2013年3月25日 · Initial Skua carrier trials aboard HMS Courageous carried out with: K5179, L2869, L2870, in Autumn 1938. 803 Squadron reformed out of 'B' Flight of No. 800 Squadron on 21 November 1938, while 800 Squadron re-equipped with 9 Osprey Mk. IVs. This unit embarked in the new carrier 'Ark Royal' for her shake-down cruise, returning in March 1939.

2008年4月9日 · According to info given to me, the serial no of the blackburn skua is confirmed to be L2896. Hopefully the info is correct! morten