The Fairey Firefly IIM was a British fighter of the 1930s. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of all-metal construction. Built by Fairey Aviation...
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The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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The Fairey Firefly was a British fighter of the 1920s from Fairey Aviation. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of mixed construction. The Firefly...
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that designed important military aircraft, including the Fairey III family, the Swordfish, Firefly, and Gannet. It had a strong presence in the supply of...
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RAF, Fairey demonstrated it to the Belgian Air Force, which wanted a light bomber to replace its Breguet 19s and had already bought Fairey Firefly II fighters...
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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 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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to hold an international competition to find a replacement for the Fairey Firefly II. It was a single-bay biplane of all-metal construction, with fabric...
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lb (45 kg) or 250 lb (110 kg) bombs Related development Fairey Battle Fairey Firefly Fairey P.4/34 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era...
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(K226) List of ships of the Second World War Koolhoven F.K.56 Fairey Firefly II Fairey Fox Hawker Hurricane Renard R.35B - design plans only Renard R...
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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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The Fairey Swordfish is a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...
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Europe and the Mediterranean. Fairey Firefly The Firefly was the last FAA carrier-fighter put into service in World War II, in July 1944, as a reconnaissance...
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This led to a contract for 12 UK-built Firefly II to be followed by a further 33 aircraft built in Belgium. Fairey already had a number of Belgians in key...
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The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the...
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Hawker Fury (redirect from Hawker Fury II)
Kestrel IS. The prototype was evaluated against the similarly powered Fairey Firefly II, being preferred because of its better handling and its all metal...
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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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The Fairey Seafox was a 1930s British reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Fairey for the Fleet Air Arm. It was designed to be catapulted from...
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The Fairey Gordon was a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft of the 1930s. The Gordon was a conventional two-bay fabric-covered...
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the Fulmar. It was later used to test retractable Fairey-Youngman flaps to be used on the Fairey Firefly fighter. Meanwhile, by 1938, the first prototype...
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The Fairey Fleetwing was a British two-seat, single-engine biplane designed to an Air Ministry contract for carrier-based reconnaissance operations in...
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Supermarine Seafire fighter and 1770 Naval Air Squadron flying the Fairey Firefly torpedo bomber. It was disbanded in March 1946. 8th Carrier Air Group...
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fighter Fairey III.F reconnaissance Fairey Battle bomber Fairey Fawn bomber Fairey Firefly II fighter Fairey Flycatcher fighter Fairey Fox fighter Fairey Gordon...
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Rolls-Royce Griffon (redirect from Rolls-Royce Griffon II)
request of the Fleet Air Arm, for use in new aircraft designs such as the Fairey Firefly. In 1939 it was also decided that the engine could be adapted for use...
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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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Belgian Air Component (section World War II)
CR.42 Falco, the Hawker Hurricane, the Gloster Gladiator, the Fairey Fox, and the Fairey Battle. These were massacred by the much superior German Luftwaffe...
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prototype jet fighter Douglas Havoc (RAF) night fighter Fairey Fulmar (FAA) fleet fighter Fairey Firefly (FAA) fleet fighter Gloster Gladiator (RAF, FAA) Gloster...
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Rolls-Royce Kestrel (redirect from Rolls-Royce Kestrel II-S)
Blackburn Nautilus Blackburn Sydney Dornier Do J Fairey Firefly II Fairey Fleetwing Fairey Fox Fairey Hendon Fairey S.9/30 Fokker C.V Fokker C.X (prototype) Fokker...
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Flycatcher UK 1922 Retired 196 Fairey Firefly UK Fleet fighter 1941 Retired 1,702 Fairey Firefly II UK 1929 Retired 91 Fairey Fox UK Fighter-reconnaissance...
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Marcel Lobelle (category Fairey Aviation Company)
Doris. Fairey Firefly I (1925) Fairey Fox (1925) Fairey Firefly II (1929) Fairey Swordfish (1934) Fairey Battle (1936) Fairey P.4/34 (1937) Fairey Fulmar...
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