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Old April 11th, 2008, 10:39 PM
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Default Re: Blackburn Skua raised from Norwegian fjord

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Originally Posted by TA152 View Post
That is great that it was found and they raised enough money to bring it to the surface ! I wish the article had some pictures to go along with it.
Of course there are pictures! Such an event has to be documented!
The plane wasn't actually shot down, it was brought down by engine failure.
The plane made a belly landing at low speed on the sea, so the damage was minimal. The crew, Lt. Cdr. John Casson and Lt. Peter Fashawe escaped without injuries and spent the rest of the war as POWs.

Here's a sequence of pictures from the local newspaper in Trondheim;
scroll down to the middle of the page, to the heading "adressa.no/bildegalleri" and enjoy:
- Dette skal vi lage fly av

Here's another article on the subject from the museum that is going to restore the plane:

http://www.luftfart.museum.no/Nyhete...a/T%20Skus.JPG

Finally, the home page for the operation:
Operation Skua

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