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+ | |name='''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' |
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+ | |image=[[File:Skua_L2987.jpg|thumb|300px]] |
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+ | |caption=L2987 after the crash<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_White</ref> |
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+ | |originaloperator=800 Squadron |
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+ | |capturedate=17 November 1940 |
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+ | |captureplace=Punta Palo, Siracusa, Sicily |
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+ | |newoperator(s)=Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche (Aircraft Construction Establishment) |
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− | + | Operating from HMS Ark Royal, L2987 ran out of fuel escorting [[:Category:Hawker Hurricane|Hurricanes]] to Malta. Shot down by ack ack, the aircraft crash landed on a beach. |
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[[Category:World War 2]] |
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[[Category:Blackburn Skua]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 4 May 2016
History[]
Operating from HMS Ark Royal, L2987 ran out of fuel escorting Hurricanes to Malta. Shot down by ack ack, the aircraft crash landed on a beach.
The aircraft was known to be at Guidonia on June 1942.[2]
It's subsequent fate is unknown.