A Junker JU88 4D+EK was shot down in Orkney on 17th October 1939 during an attempt to attack the battleship HMS Iron Duke, killing 3 of the 4 crew. This was the first German plane to be shot down on British soil by AA guns in WW2.
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There is a choice of flight routes from Kirkwall Airport, with onward options – no direct holiday packages are available.
