Bristol Beaufighter
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Bristol
Beaufighter airplanes wa a vital part of the Allied
warfare against the enemy shipping along the Norwegian
coastline under second world war. One of the greatest air
battles over Norway during the war took place 9.February
1945 over Naustdal and Førde. The Allies sent 32 planes
who encountered 12 German Focke Wulf planes, and the total
losses after the air battle counted ten Allied planes
versus four planes lost for the Germans. During the war
several planes also crashed or had to emergency land in
the Høydalsfjorden. One of the planes from the
battle over Naustdal in 1945 has been found and rest today
on the east side of Hjortøya. The remains of her rest
today on a depth of 18 to 30 meter.
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Picture: Bristol Beaufighter Courtesy of Bae Systems |
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