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Battle of Fornebu
Part of the Norwegian Campaign in World War II

Fornebu after the Luftwaffe had taken over the field
Date9 April 1940
Location
Fornebu, Norway
59°53′N 010°37′E / 59.883°N 10.617°E / 59.883; 10.617
Result German victory
Belligerents
Battle of Fornebu Norway Battle of Fornebu Germany
Commanders and leaders
Norway Erling Munthe-Dahl Nazi Germany Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Strength
7 Gloster Gladiator fighter planes 70-80 planes (first wave)
Casualties and losses
1 plane shot down 4 planes shot down
Notes:
All the Norwegian planes eventually ran out of gas and landed.

The Battle of Fornebu was an engagement that occurred on 9 April 1940 during Operation Weserübung when the Germans launched an assault on Oslo, the capital of Norway. Seven fighter planes from the vastly outnumbered Norwegian Army Air Service took to the skies to engage the German forces and managed to shoot down four planes against the loss of one before running out of fuel.

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