The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was produced by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft at its...
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and Robert Blackburn resulted in the building of a new Blackburn factory at Barge Park, Dumbarton where production of the Blackburn Botha commenced in...
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Elizabeth Botha (née Rossouw, 1922-1997), wife of South African prime minister Pieter Willem Botha (1916-2006), so former South African first lady Blackburn Botha...
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Holyhead Maritime Museum for restoration. On 28 August 1941, an RAF Blackburn Botha with three aboard, crashed into the sea off Rhosneigr, in gale force...
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(RAF, FAA) Blackburn B-2 (RAF) to 1942, most used by civilian training schools Blackburn Botha (RAF) RAF target tug, retired 1944 Blackburn Shark (FAA)...
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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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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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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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the drawing board" order for 136 Rocs. As Blackburn already had full order books for the Skua and the Botha torpedo bomber, it was decided to sub-contract...
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south-west Scotland in December 1942. 3 AGS was initially equipped with 48 Blackburn Botha torpedo bombers, 6 Fairey Battle light bombers and 8 Miles Martinet...
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was 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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The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn...
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The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was a British single-seat lightweight fighter produced by Blackburn Aircraft Limited. In 1928 Blackburn designed and built a...
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The Blackburn B-101 Beverley is a heavy transport aircraft produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was notably the only land-based...
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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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and was the only RAF squadron to be equipped with the unsuccessful Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber. No. 608 Squadron was formed at Thornaby-on-Tees, North...
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The Blackburn B-1 Segrave was a 1930s British twin-engine four-seat touring aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. The aircraft was designed by the racing...
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The Blackburn F.3 (also called the Blackburn F.7/30) was a British single-engined fighter aircraft produced in response to Air Ministry Specification F...
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The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known...
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1941 the crash site was discovered by two shepherds. 10 December 1941 Blackburn Botha Mk.I W5103 No.7 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Pilot Thomas William Rogers (Killed)...
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The Blackburn TB (for "Twin Blackburn") was a long-range twin-engined anti-Zeppelin seaplane. It was Blackburn's first multi-engine aircraft to fly. The...
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The Blackburn B.44 was a British single-engined fighter aircraft designed by Blackburn Aircraft in 1942. It was notable as a rare example of a flying boat...
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The Blackburn B-20 was an experimental aircraft, first flying in 1940, that attempted to drastically increase the performance of flying boat designs....
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The Blackburn Type D, sometimes known as the Single Seat Monoplane, was built by Robert Blackburn at Leeds in 1912. It is a single-engine mid-wing monoplane...
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The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the...
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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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Netherlands, Turkey Blackburn Ripon United Kingdom 1929 92 Finland Blackburn Shark United Kingdom 1935 269 Canada Blackburn Botha United Kingdom 1939...
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Squadron RAF Avro Anson RAF Carew Cheriton No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF Blackburn Botha/Armstrong Whitworth Whitley RAF Aldergrove No. 10 Squadron RAAF Short...
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during its early existence for teaching air gunners was the unpopular Blackburn Botha, which was very heavy and under-powered, often taking the whole of...
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The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney (serial N241) was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry...
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