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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4D+?? |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ofotfjord, to the west of Narvik Norway -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aalborg Air Base, Vadum, Denmark |
| Aalborg Air Base, Vadum, Denmark |
The aircraft, flown by Leutnant, H. Diemeyer, was intercepted and shot down over Ofotfjord, to the west of Narvik Norway, during a bombing raid on Narvik by six Junkers Ju 88A's, during the afternoon of 16th May 1940, by 803 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, Blackburn Skua L2961 from HMS Ark Royal, crewed by Pilot, Midshipman Griffith and Gunner, Airman Dooley.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88#Battle_of_Norway
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://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.
http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/allies/skua/skua.html
Asisbiz Luftwaffe Loss Register - Luftwaffe Kampfgeschwader 30 'Adler' bomber bosses during WWII
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2020 15:15 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 28-Nov-2020 18:05 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
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