History[]
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]
Sources[]
- ↑ http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Fulmar.htm
- ↑ Aeroplane Magazine Company Profile - Fairey 1915-1960. Martyn Charlton (Editor). Kelsey Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978 1 907426 60 5 Page 126
- ↑ http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/faacapturedaircrafthomepage.html
- ↑ http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=20715