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    The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation...
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    in terms of both performance and firepower to its predecessor, the Fairey Fulmar. Due to a protracted development, the type only entered operational...
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  • aerodynamic prototype for the Fulmar. It was later used to test retractable Fairey-Youngman flaps to be used on the Fairey Firefly fighter. Meanwhile, by...
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  • commenced in mid 1937. Large numbers of Fulmar fighters and Barracuda dive-bombers followed during World War II. Fairey's also built 498 Bristol Beaufighter...
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    bombers—or Fairey Swordfish, for reconnaissance and torpedo bombing. From April 1940, squadrons equipped with Skuas were upgraded to Fairey Fulmars; like their...
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    or 1,500 lb (680 kg) of bombs externally Related development Fairey P.4/34 Fairey Fulmar Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Armstrong...
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  • crewmember in fighters for observation and navigation, and the Fairey Fulmar and the Fairey Firefly. The Blackburn Roc was a "turret fighter" and the second...
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    The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both...
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  • The Roc was not procured in large numbers, due to low speed. Fairey Fulmar The Fulmar fighter/reconnaissance aircraft was introduced into service in...
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    Dockyard; 806 Squadron was equipped with Blackburn Skua dive bombers and Fairey Fulmar fighters, and the latter two squadrons were equipped with Swordfish...
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    The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily...
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    a very brief work up, the Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers of 826 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and 829 NAS and the Fairey Fulmar fighters of 803 NAS flew aboard...
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    II, 1 Fairey Fulmar 810 Squadron – 10 Fairey Swordfish 829 Squadron – 10 Fairey Swordfish Aboard HMS Indomitable 800 Squadron – 8 Fairey Fulmar 806 Squadron...
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    The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development...
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    delays in the overall programme, the Admiralty had also ordered the Fairey Fulmar to perform the same role. The Blackburn Skua was configured as a low-wing...
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  • Aerovision Fulmar, a Spanish unmanned aerial vehicle Fairey Fulmar, a British carrier-borne fighter aircraft Fulmar (1868), a ship that sank off the coast of Kilkee...
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    The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed...
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    The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated...
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    The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 is a variant of the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine warfare aircraft intended to be used in the airborne early warning (AEW) role...
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    convoy) 1 aircraft carrier: Ark Royal (12 Fairey Fulmar fighters, 12 Blackburn Skua dive bombers, 30 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers) 9 destroyers Admiral...
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    carrier-borne fighters onto attacking or shadowing aircraft, and a Fairey Fulmar fighter from Illustrious achieved the first radar directed kill on 2...
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    The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...
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    was attacked by Royal Air Force Fairey Albacore and Fairey Swordfish bomber aircraft on 30 July 1941; Fairey Fulmar fighters were also covering the bombers...
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    Blackburn Roc and Skua, along with Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Walrus at HMS Daedalus and adding Fairey Albacore and Fulmar soon afterwards. In November...
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    Horse de Havilland Mosquito de Havilland Hornet Fairey Barracuda Fairey Battle Fairey Fulmar Fairey P.4/34 Fiat G.59 Handley Page Halifax Handley Page...
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    During the operation the ship accidentally shot down a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Fulmar fighter and Nelson was torpedoed. She was initially able to keep up...
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    the new Fairey Fulmar fighters based on HMS Illustrious downed a 41° Stormo SM.79. 4 September: another SM.79 (34th Gruppo) was downed by Fulmars. 12–14...
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    The Fairey Spearfish was a British carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm...
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  • quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom"s. In March 1941 a catapult for a single Fairey Fulmar naval fighter (from 804 Naval Air Squadron) was fitted midships as a...
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    it received Grumman Martlet American carrier-based fighter aircraft, Fairey Fulmar British carrier-based reconnaissance and fighter aircraft and Miles...
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