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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1940 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Heinkel He 115 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./Kü.Fl.Gr.506 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | S4-?? |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trondheim Harbour, -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Trondheim Harbour |
| Trondheim Harbour |
Heinkel He 115 seaplane (S4+??), Unit, 2./Ku.Fl.Gr 506, was shot down by Blackburn Skua's from 803 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, HMS Glorious, early morning, 25th April 1940 during a bombing raid on Trondheim, Harbour, Norway (during the 'Norwegian Campaign')
Sources:
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/norway.htm#:~:text=The%20Germans%20invaded%20Norway%20on,the%20K%C3%B6nigsberg%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.&text=On%20the%2012th%20of%20April,on%20shipping%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0WLNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228&lpg=PT228&dq=german+freighter+barenfels+skua+attack&source=bl&ots=qr_-yOnbbC&sig=ACfU3U0fr_ag7LgzDr1KSjarvRXvpA4Hvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif25icoOTsAhV3ZhUIHeuzCKYQ6AEwD3oECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=german%20freighter%20barenfels%20skua%20attack&f=false
https://www.ww2.dk/air/seefl/kflgr506.htm
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_heinkel_he_115.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2020 17:45 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 22:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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