The Northrop N-3PB Nomad was a single-engined American floatplane of the 1940s. Northrop developed the N-3PB as an export model based on the earlier Northrop A-17 design. A total of 24 were purchased by Norway, but were not delivered until after the Fall of Norway during the Second World War. Exiled Norwegian forces used them from 1941, operating from Iceland, for convoy escort, anti-submarine patrols, and training purposes from "Little Norway" in Canada. Within two years of delivery, the design was obsolete for front-line service and the remaining N-3PBs were replaced by larger aircraft in 1943.
Northrop N-3PB Nomad
Northrop N-3PB carrying out a test flight over Lake Elsinore, California, c. 1940–1941
Northrop N-3PB of the Norwegian-manned No. 330(N) Squadron operated in Iceland, October 1941
Northrop N-3PB from No. 330 (N) Squadron used to transport a seriously ill woman to hospital in Reykjavik in Iceland, May 1942
Norwegian armed forces in exile
The Norwegian armed forces in exile were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War II.
The Norwegian Brigade War Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.
Norwegian soldiers on the front-line north of Narvik, May 1940
Guard at the Little Norway training camp in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sleipner at sea sometime after the Second World War.
