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http://www.freewebs.com/thehistoryvault/
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/Historian/

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.

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Yes, I shall watch this with great interest - the Skua is certainly one of WWII's forgotten aircraft.....

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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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RAM

Great story!
Thsnks for the pics Ram!!

As a Saltwater reef Aquarium, that orange gorgonian coral is awesome too!!

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Members of the Dutch Resistance with 101st AB, Eindhoven. Operation Market Garden.

Scott

Thank you for the picture sites ! The Skua is not the prettiest aircraft in the world. The flat straight up wind screen must have knocked off 10 mph at least.

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The Skua and its cousin the Blackburn Roc would be strong contenders to the title "Ugliest Airplane Ever"!

Not so far from where the Skua was found lies another interesting wreck, a BV 222 "Viking" flying boat. The plane was operational at the end of the war, but was scuttled by the british 8801 Aircraft Disarmament Wing going berserk with det.-cord and TNT in 1945. The plane went straight down to the sea floor, approximately 90 meters, were it lies today. There have been discussions on salvageing, but this is a huge plane so that will be a big undertaking.

There are also a couple of FW 200 "Condor"s on the sea floor. There was an attempt to salvage one of them some years ago, but the construction of the FW 200 airframe is generally weak, it broke apart when it surfaced.

One more interesting project is coming up, hopefully this summer/fall.
A P-51D "Mustang" from RAF went down 12th of April 1945, on an attack by 47 RAF "Mosquito"s and "Mustang"S on a shipyard in southern Norway. The pilot, Fredrick Bradford (?..not sure of name) was killed.

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RAM

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A german pilot named Otto Ach in his Bf 109G was credited with the kill. He had to break of the fight shortly after because his guns jammed.
Otto Ach is alive and kicking and lives in Germany today, 83 years of age.
He has been interviewed by aircraft historians working on the project.

The 2nd picture is taken from a RAF plane during the attack.
Notice the plane inside the red circle, probably a "Mosquito", going in for an attack.

Regards
RAM

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That would be great to have a real Viking to look at but the cost would be very steep, even a Fw-200. To my knowledge none are in museums.

Thank you for the information !

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Here's the latest update on the Skua. The plane has been identified as serial number L2896, and we have a profile made by the norwegian aircraft historian Bengt Stangvik!

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RAM

(Why isn't it possible to upload pictures from Picasa on this forum?)

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