The Fairey Battle - A Reassessment of its RAF Career by Greg Baughen The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II Battle of Britain by Dr Alfred Price Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 by Jon Lake

Specification P.4/34 was issued during February 1934 with Fairey, Gloster and Hawker all competing. Hawker, at this time, were well advanced with the development of their Hurricane fighter, and the design

Fairey Albacore The Albacore was a single-engined biplane torpedo bomber that served with the Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The Albacore was retired from frontline service

8 Fairey Battle 2 Bristol Blenheim 3 Hawker Hurricane The two letters in () are the squadron code. RAF Component Commander: Air Vice-Marshal Charles Blount Headquarters: Marœuil No. 50

Air Striking Force and would operate alongside the Fairey Battle. Losses for the aircraft would be high as they operated during daylight and not always with fighter escort. One such mission on the 14th

Fairey Fulmar Mk I The two letters in () are the squadron code. No. 10 Group Commander: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Quinton Brand Headquarters: RAF Box Covering: South West England

Hawker, Fairey, Supermarine, Gloster, Armstrong Whitworth and Boulton Paul all made submissions. Hawker's prototype, called the Hotspur, along with the Boulton Paul F.82 saw an order for two prototypes

on the 3rd April 1944 they escorted the carrier's Fairey Barracudas when they attacked the German battleship Tirpitz at Kaafjord, Norway as part of Operation Tungsten. By the time the last production

Fairey Fulmar Mk I The two letters in () are the squadron code. No. 10 Group Commander: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Quinton Brand Headquarters: RAF Box Covering: South West England

their first examples as they began to replace their Fairey Battles. Two Wellington Mk Is would be converted to Wellington Mk III prototypes. The first was fitted with Bristol Hercules HEISM engines,