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,

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

8 Squadron begin to replace their Fairey IIIFs with the type. The aircraft would equip further squadrons, only the first production example would remain in the United Kingdom, with the rest serving

Royal Navy midget submarines and Fairey Barracudas of the Fleet Air Arm without success. Once again a Barnes Wallis designed bomb was used, this time the 12,000lb 'Tallboy', and No. 9 Squadron and No.

Royal Air Force led to the Fleet Air Arm ordering the Fairey Fulmar as their new fighter to compliment the Blackburn Roc and Gloster Sea Gladiator. After the Spitfire excelled during the Battle of Britain

operated Skuas were given newer aircraft with the Fairey Fulmar equipping Nos. 800 and 806 Naval Air Squadron whilst the Hawker Sea Hurricane equipped Nos. 801 and 803 Naval Air Squadron. After this the

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

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

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