INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Blackburn Skua

Type	Total Number 2000	FAA notes 1999-2000	Threat Status 1999-2000	Changes 1999-2000
Blackburn Skua	0 (+?) No complete aircraft 2 partial aircraft	2 former FAA wrecks survive: L2940 L2910	Unknown	Restoration of L2910 by Norsk Luftfartsmuseum, Bodø

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Blackburn Skua
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	-	L2940	Skua II	Includes nose-art of the original 800 sqdn aircraft flown by Capt RT Partridge RM and Lt RS Bostock	Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton (UK) On Op DX North Norway shot down He111 then force landed in lake. Aircraft recovered 1974.	Restored Skua forward cockpit section, undertaken by the Fleet Air Arm Museum (UK) in cooperation with Norsk Luftfartsmuseum, Bodø
	-	L2910	Skua II	-	War Memorial Museum in Narvik On loan from the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum, Bodø 803 sqdn Skua flown by Lt LA Harris RM and Lt JHR Medlicott-Vereker in May 1940. Shot down by Bf110 of ZG76. Raised from Rombaksfjorden for preservation.	Restored cockpit. Plan to commence with the construction of the centre section

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FURTHER INFORMATION
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

Last Modified: 3-12-2000

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