WWII air crew reunited at museum

The Skua came into service in 1938

A reunion of a World War II air crew has been held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton in Somerset.

The meet-up brought together the crew from a Blackburn Skua dive bomber and the remnants of one of the planes recreated by a Norwegian team.

Retired Skua pilot Derek Martin, said: "It is amazing to realise I was flying something like this and it flew.

"It was built like a battleship. But it did nothing at any speed except downhill with a following wind."

The Blackburn Skua was rushed into service in 1938.