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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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− | + | Assigned to 800 squadron, operating from HMS Ark Royal, L2987 ran out of fuel escorting [[:Category:Hawker Hurricane|Hurricanes]] to Malta on 17 November 1940. Shot down by ack ack, the aircraft crash landed on the beach at Punta Palo, Siracusa, Sicily. |
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− | It's subsequent fate is unknown. |
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[[Category:World War 2]] |
[[Category:World War 2]] |
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[[Category:Blackburn Skua]] |
[[Category:Blackburn Skua]] |
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+ | [[Category:Needs Picture]] |