On this day 3 August 1941
Published: 03 Aug 2013
Lt RWH Everett RNVR, flying a Sea Hurricane of 804 Squadron which had been launched from HMS MAPLIN, a Royal Navy Fighter Catapult Ship acting as convoy escort, shot down a Focke-Wulf 200 Condor.
With no flight deck or diversion ashore available the Hurricane had to be ditched.
Image: Hawker Sea Hurricanes ©Fleet Air Arm Museum