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

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

phased out of frontline 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

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

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,

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

equipped with Gloster Sea Gladiators and the latter Fairey Fulmars, who were on loan from the Fleet Air Arm. Order of Battle Fighter Command - 10th July 1940 The Luftwaffe could call on over 2,000

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.

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

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