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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

never flew Blackburn Skua (1937) – Company designation B-24. Single-engine, two-seat low-wing monoplane naval fighter/dive bomber Blackburn Roc (1938)...

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...

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...

Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters, Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, and Blackburn Skua fighter-bombers were also inferior compared to the land-based German...

one of the most powerful engines in the world. Note: Blackburn Botha Blackburn Roc Blackburn Skua Bristol Bulldog Bristol Type 148 Cunliffe-Owen Flying...

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...

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...

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...

Desmond Vincent-Jones as the Senior Observer and using eight Blackburn Skuas and four Blackburn Rocs. However, another source gives the date and location...

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...

deck landing training carrier, in early 1939 Courageous embarked the Blackburn Skua and Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters of 801 Squadron and the Swordfish...

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...

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...

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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Squadrons at Devonport Royal Dockyard; 806 Squadron was equipped with Blackburn Skua dive bombers and Fairey Fulmar fighters, and the latter two squadrons...

Type Origin Introduced Total Operators Blackburn Roc United Kingdom 1939 136 Blackburn Skua United Kingdom 1938 192 Boulton Paul Defiant United Kingdom...

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...

centreline. Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Aichi D3A Blackburn Skua Caproni Ca.355 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas SBD Dauntless Mitsubishi...

to Gibraltar, launching their aircraft (two Blackburn Skuas and 12 Hawker Hurricanes) prematurely. One Skua and eight Hurricanes were lost at sea, as they...

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...

Maryland/Baltimore, Fairey Swordfish, Lockheed Hudson, Douglas Boston, Blackburn Skua and Bristol Beaufort. It was also used as a turret gun in various Boulton...

wings Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era ANBO VIII Blackburn Skua Breda Ba.65 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas SBD Dauntless Fairey Barracuda...

the Buccaneer and Sea Harrier (retired). British Aircraft Corporation Sea Skua: Anti-ship missile, carried by the Lynx (retired). Thales Air Defence Lightweight...

portal Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Aichi D3A Blackburn Skua Breda Ba.65 Brewster SBA Douglas SBD Dauntless Junkers Ju 87 Loire-Nieuport...