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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O.30/35 and was derived from the Blackburn Skua dive-bomber/fighter and developed in parallel to it. Unlike the Skua, the Roc had its armament in a turret...
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entering service, most of Ark Royal's squadrons were equipped with either Blackburn Skuas—used as fighters and dive bombers—or Fairey Swordfish, for reconnaissance...
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Heinkel He 111 bomber (1H+CT) is pursued near Grotli by a Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua (L2940) fighter. Three of the four German crew survive the crash: pilot...
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Look up skua in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skua is a seabird in the family Stercorariidae. Skua may also refer to: Blackburn Skua, a British dive-bomber/fighter...
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World War II in service at the beginning alongside the Blackburn Skua. Blackburn Skua The Skua was a fighter and a dive bomber; one of two fighter aircraft...
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never flew Blackburn Skua (1937) – Company designation B-24. Single-engine, two-seat low-wing monoplane naval fighter/dive bomber Blackburn Roc (1938)...
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began to receive the Fairey Swordfish from 1936 and Blackburn Skuas from November 1938. The Skua had a secondary function of intercepting attacks by unescorted...
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example for carrier landing by RN. Blackburn Roc (FAA) naval turret fighter retired from combat by 1941 Blackburn Skua (FAA) naval fighter/dive bomber retired...
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Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters, Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, and Blackburn Skua fighter-bombers were also inferior compared to the land-based German...
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one of the most powerful engines in the world. Note: Blackburn Botha Blackburn Roc Blackburn Skua Bristol Bulldog Bristol Type 148 Cunliffe-Owen Flying...
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deliver fourteen aircraft, twelve Hawker Hurricane fighters and two Blackburn Skua dive bombers, to Malta from the aircraft carrier HMS Argus. White was...
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Desmond Vincent-Jones as the Senior Observer and using eight Blackburn Skuas and four Blackburn Rocs. However, another source gives the date and location...
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on the upper fuselage. The forward fuselage was reminiscent of the Blackburn Skua, and had a flush-riveted Alclad plated covering, while the rear portion...
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experience with other dive bomber aircraft of the period, such as the Blackburn Skua, Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, Aichi D3A "Val", Douglas Dauntless, Breda Ba.65...
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deck landing training carrier, in early 1939 Courageous embarked the Blackburn Skua and Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters of 801 Squadron and the Swordfish...
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bombing, or even for low-level steep dive bombing as exemplified by the Blackburn Skua and North American A-36 Apache. Larger twin-engined aircraft were also...
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The squadron re-equipped with the Blackburn Skua in November 1938 and took these aboard HMS Ark Royal. The Skua was a dive bomber with a secondary fighter...
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badly damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery, and sunk by Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua fighter-bombers the following day in the harbor. The wreck was eventually...
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Type Origin Introduced Total Operators Blackburn Roc United Kingdom 1939 136 Blackburn Skua United Kingdom 1938 192 Boulton Paul Defiant United Kingdom...
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Nimrods were retired in 1936. The squadron was re-equipped with the Blackburn Skua and Gloster Gladiator in 1939 just before the squadron was transferred...
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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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Squadrons at Devonport Royal Dockyard; 806 Squadron was equipped with Blackburn Skua dive bombers and Fairey Fulmar fighters, and the latter two squadrons...
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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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centreline. Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Aichi D3A Blackburn Skua Caproni Ca.355 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas SBD Dauntless Mitsubishi...
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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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the Buccaneer and Sea Harrier (retired). British Aircraft Corporation Sea Skua: Anti-ship missile, carried by the Lynx (retired). Thales Air Defence Lightweight...
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to Gibraltar, launching their aircraft (two Blackburn Skuas and 12 Hawker Hurricanes) prematurely. One Skua and eight Hurricanes were lost at sea, as they...
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The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. The Blackburn was developed...
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Schopis's bomber was shot down at Grotli by a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua, which then crash-landed. The several German and British crew members...
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