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One of 200 Fairey Fulmar II - batch X8525-X8817 - ordered from Fairey under contract no B101971/40, and built at Heaton Chapel,[1] as c/n F5135,[2] X8700 was assigned to 807 squadron aboard HMS Argus. In November 1941, the aircraft force landed near Cluminzata, south Portugal.

The fate of the aircraft is not known,[3] but the crew - Lt Commander Sholto and Lt Gregory - were interned for a while before returning to unit.[4]

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