Blackburn Firebrand
WWII British naval strike-fighter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Originally intended to serve as a pure fighter, its unimpressive performance and the priority allocation by the Ministry of Aircraft Production of Napier Sabre engines to the Hawker Typhoon caused it to be redesigned with an alternate engine as a strike fighter to take advantage of its load-carrying capability. Development was slow and the first production aircraft was not delivered until after the end of the war. Only a few hundred were built before it was withdrawn from front-line service in 1953.
Firebrand | |
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Centaurus IX-powered Firebrand T.F. Mk IV | |
Role | Strike fighter |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Blackburn Aircraft |
First flight | 27 February 1942 |
Introduction | 1945 |
Retired | 1953 |
Primary user | Royal Navy |
Produced | 1942–47 |
Number built | 220 + 3 prototypes[1] |
Variants | Blackburn Firecrest |