The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single- radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane aircraft, as well as the first …

L2940, having sustained combat damage, suffered engine failure following the attack and was forced to carry out a belly landed on frozen lake Breiddalsvatnet near Grotli, Norway.

The Blackburn Skua was designed for the Fleet Air Arm as a low wing monoplane primarily used for dive-bombing. The Skua was powered by a 905 hp 9 cylinder Bristol Perseus XII radial engine, which was somewhat underpowered.

Photos of the wreck of Blackburn Skua L2940 at the FAA Museum, Yeovilton. The purpose of this page is to illustrate some of the points in my document about the outline of panels and access points on the Blackburn Skua.

Oct 21, 2019 · The Blackburn Skua was designed for the Fleet Air Arm as a low wing monoplane primarily used for dive-bombing. The Skua was powered by a 905 hp 9 cylinder Bristol Perseus XII radial engine, which was somewhat underpowered.

Documentary traces underwater recovery in 1974 from Norwegian fjord of last surviving Blackburn Skua (serial number L2940), ditched by Royal Marine pilot Major R T Partridge in April 1940, and now to be displayed in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.

This Skua was shot down by a Heinkel He-111 in 1940 and crashed on frozen Breidalsvatnet Lake in Norway. The crew survived and set it alight causing it to sink through the ice. It was recovered in 1974 and is now displayed in the FAA Museum in this diorama representing its resting place and even with model divers to show the recovery

The engine had become detached in the ditching. The fuselage, cockpit and wings were salvaged. The Skua will be restored at Norway's aviation museum in Bodø. In 1974, L2940 was recovered from Breidalsvatnet lake, near Grotli in Skjåk municipality in Norway.

It is the only surviving Skua and was recovered for the FAA Museum. It remains on display in ‘as found’ condition as part of the ‘Operation Skua’ exhibition.

Oct 16, 2016 · The Skua was a fighter/bomber used by the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm in the early years of WWII. The aircraft made a crash landing on the frozen Breidalsvalnet Lake near Grotli in Norway on 27 April 1940 having sustained damage during combat with a German Heinkel He-111 which it had just shot down.