Blackburn Skua dive bomber torrent

Blackburn Skua

RAF dive bomber



The Blackburn Skua was a naval combat aircraft
operated by the British Fleet Air Arm and combined
the dual functions of dive-bomber and fighter.
It took its name from the seabird Skua.


1940.... 16 Skuas flying from the Orkney Islands
sank the German cruiser Königsberg in Bergen harbour
during the German invasion of Norway.

This was the first large warship to be sunk by Allied forces in the war.