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    The Blackburn Firebrand was a British single-engine strike fighter for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy designed during World War II by Blackburn Aircraft...
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    sold back to Blackburn in 1950 for disposal and the other aircraft survived until 1952. The Firebrand required significant effort by Blackburn to produce...
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  • Ministry specification R1/36 Blackburn Firebrand (1942) – B-37. Single-engine, single-seat propeller naval fighter Blackburn B-40 - development of B.20...
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  • up firebrand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Firebrand may refer to: A person with a penchant for militancy in speech and/or action Blackburn Firebrand...
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    using the Sabre were early prototype and production variants of the Blackburn Firebrand, the Martin-Baker MB 3 prototype and a Hawker Fury prototype. The...
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    fighter aircraft, and 813 Naval Air Squadron, which was equipped with Blackburn Firebrand, a British single-engine strike fighter aircraft. On the 12 September...
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    Bristol Brigand and Buckmaster, Hawker Tempest and Sea Fury and the Blackburn Firebrand and Beverley. The engine also entered service after the war in a...
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  • Airspeed Fleet Shadower (RAF) maritime patrol Blackburn B-20 (RAF) maritime patrol seaplane Blackburn Firebrand (FAA) torpedo fighter Brewster Buccaneer (FAA)...
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    focusing on single-seat attack aircraft like the Martin AM Mauler or Blackburn Firebrand or much newer designs like jet aircraft such was the pace of aircraft...
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    RNAS Ford, replacing the somewhat similar (and equally troubled) Blackburn Firebrand. Several second-line squadrons also received Wyverns around this...
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    Firebrand Tactical Trials Unit, before moving to nearby RAF Gosport the following January. Tasked with looking into issues distinct to the Blackburn Firebrand...
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    unconscious due to high g-forces) Northrop BT A-36 Invader SB2U Vindicator Blackburn Firebrand Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, page...
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    performing air-to-surface strikes, such as the Westland Wyvern, Blackburn Firebrand and Blackburn Firecrest. The term "light weight tactical strike fighter...
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    of naval bases, a separate single seater design would lead to the Blackburn Firebrand. The Firefly was designed by a team led by H.E. Chaplin at Fairey...
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    helicopter (retired). British 18-inch torpedo Mark XVII – Carried by the Blackburn Firebrand (retired). General Electric/Western Electric Mark 24 mine (retired)...
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    1951–53, which was faster and longer-ranged compared to the carrier's Blackburn Firebrand torpedo strike aircraft. In 1951, Indomitable replaced the Royal...
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  • 2024. "Blackburn Buccaneer". BAE Systems. Retrieved 1 August 2023. "Blackburn B37 Firebrand". BAE Systems. Retrieved 1 August 2023. "Blackburn B-48 Firecrest"...
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    fighter. Bristol Beaufighter—early aircraft Hispano Mk. II Blackburn Firebrand Blackburn Firecrest Bristol Beaufighter CAC Boomerang Consolidated Liberator...
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  • retractable-hull flying-boat fighter, and Blackburn decided to utilise as much of the structure of the Blackburn Firebrand as possible. The fuselage of the aircraft...
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    squadrons of Fairey Firefly anti-submarine aircraft and a squadron of Blackburn Firebrand attack aircraft, and in September 1952, took part in the big NATO...
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    comparable role, configuration, and era Douglas XTB2D Skypirate Blackburn Firebrand BTM Mauler Curtiss XSB3C Aichi B7A Ryusei Related lists List of aircraft...
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    The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It...
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  • Kingdom, 1944 Aircraft launched Operated by FAA, RAF Coastal Command, Blackburn Firebrand Dimensions: 17.72 in (450 mm) × 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m) Warhead: 600 lb...
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    days later. She conducted deck-landing trials for prototypes of the Blackburn Firebrand and Fairey Firefly fighters, as well as the Fairey Barracuda dive/torpedo...
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    its completion in October 1947 she embarked 813 Squadron, flying Blackburn Firebrand TF.5s, and resumed training. Captain John Stevens relieved Mansergh...
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    SK-2 USSR 1940 Prototype 1 Blackburn F.3 UK 1934 Prototype 1 Blackburn Firebrand UK Torpedo fighter 1942 Retired 193 Blackburn Firecrest UK Strike fighter...
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    The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the...
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  • SB2C Helldiver Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Blackburn Firebrand Martin AM/BTM Mauler Douglas SB2D/BTD Destroyer Related lists List...
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    election to federal parliament in Australia. She married Maurice Blackburn, a fellow firebrand socialist, in Melbourne on 10 December 1914 and spent their...
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    The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by...
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