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 the Hawker Hurricane and the Henley would

Royal Air Force lead to the Fleet Air Arm ordering the Fairey Fulmar as their new fighter to compliment the Blackburn Roc and Gloster Sea Gladiator. The Fleet Air Arm were desperate for more modern aircraft

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'. Vought had started work on a

de Havilland Hound and a new version of the Fairey Fox IIM. Powered by the Rolls-Royce F.XIB, which was to become known as the Kestrel, Hawker submitted their design in December 1926. When in June 1928

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

Ministry were looking to replace the Westland Wapiti and Fairey IIIF and during 1932 and 1933 a converted Vickers Vildebeest had made a tour of the Middle East and Africa visiting Royal Air Force stations

However the retirement of another aircraft, the Fairey Gannet AEW 3, saw a need arise for an aircraft to perform the Airborne Early Warning role. This would lead to the Shackleton AEW Mk 2 which was fitted

Royal Navy midet 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.

phased out of front line Fleet Air Arm service as the Fairey Fulmar started to enter service. Dispersed around the United Kingdom the Blackburn Roc would also serve with the Anti-Aircraft Co-operation