# British evacuation of Norway, 1940. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 13, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166 "2017-07-13T12:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/1 "2017-07-13T12:56:10Z")
Churchill writes in his book _The Gathering Storm_ that a shore based squadron of Hurricanes was evacuated by landing on the aircraft carrier _Glorious_. Did all Hurricanes have tail hooks? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/2 "2017-07-13T13:26:09Z")
No, they did not. A skilled pilot could stop a Hurricane pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/3 "2017-07-13T13:29:36Z")
From Wikipedia > **[HMS Glorious | Norwegian Campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glorious#Norwegian_Campaign)** > > She was recalled to the Home Fleet in April 1940 to provide air cover for British forces landing in Norway. Eighteen Gloster Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron RAF were flown aboard to be transferred to Norwegian airbases. Eleven Blackburn Skuas of 803 Squadron, plus eighteen Sea Gladiators from 802 and 804 Squadrons were also embarked. Glorious and Ark Royal arrived off central Norway on 24 April where 263 Squadron was flown off and their own aircraft attacked targets in and south of Trondheim b Glo... > [@](#): > > . Ten Gladiators of 263 Squadron were flown aboard during the afternoon of 7 June and the Hurricanes of 46 Squadron were also flown aboard without any significant problems in the early evening despite having a much higher landing speed than the biplanes. These had been flown off from land bases to keep them from being destroyed in the evacuation after the pilots discovered that a 7-kilogram (15 lb) sandbag carried in the rear of the Hurricane allowed full brakes to be applied immediately on landing.[38] This was the first time that high-performance monoplanes without tailhooks had been landed on an aircraft carrier.[39] There’s a link on that page to a primary source; Haarr, Geirr H. (2010). The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/4 "2017-07-13T13:34:23Z")
Thanks. All Glorious was sunk with the aircraft aboard. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/5 "2017-07-13T14:32:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Thanks. > > All Glorious was sunk with the aircraft aboard. The squadron administrative officer managed to retrieve the Squadron’s petty cash box before sinking. He spent hours floating with it before he was picked up. There had been 200 pounds in it, when he counted it back in England, he realized that about 5 pounds had been lost The Squadron was being disbanded and its personnel sent elsewhere, so he asked the Wing HQ what he should do with it. They said that he should keep it and have a party. He thought this was not right, so sent the amount to the Air Ministry, with an explanation. They immediately constituted a Board of inquiry to figure out what happened to the 5 pounds abd the pilot was grounded for the entirety of the Battle of Britain, before it was omplete. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-evacuation-of-norway-1940/791166/6 "2017-07-13T15:49:33Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > The squadron administrative officer managed to retrieve the Squadron’s petty cash box before sinking. He spent hours floating with it before he was picked up. There had been 200 pounds in it, when he counted it back in England, he realized that about 5 pounds had been lost The Squadron was being disbanded and its personnel sent elsewhere, so he asked the Wing HQ what he should do with it. They said that he should keep it and have a party. He thought this was not right, so sent the amount to the Air Ministry, with an explanation. > > They immediately constituted a Board of inquiry to figure out what happened to the 5 pounds abd the pilot was grounded for the entirety of the Battle of Britain, before it was omplete. No good deed goes unpunished?