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Fleet Air Arm Aircraft
of World War 2
British-built types used
by the Royal Navy
COLLECTORS’ ARCHIVE
Cutaways and archive images
£7.95
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INTRODUCTION
THIS IS THE sixth edition of
Aeroplane
Collectors’ Archive
and we now look towards
British-built aircraft of the Royal Navy’s
Fleet Air Arm – it is intended that American
types used by the FAA will be included in a
later volume. As before, we do not give full
details of every type which have been
covered in many books, but only basic data
for each type.
Once again, we bring you some of the
finest images from the war years,
supplemented by other illustrations from
our archives along with period cutaway
drawings where these are available. The
archive includes some 40,000 five-inch
glass-plate negatives and around 50,000
35mm strips taken by
The Aeroplane
and
Flight
photographers – a large proportion
of the archive dating from 1909 to the
1960s was gifted from
Flight
to
The
Aeroplane.
FLY NAVY
Naval aviation introduced a number of
factors which were absent from land-based
operations and the Fleet Air Arm suffered
with limited resources available for the
Aeroplane Collectors’ Archive
purchase of new types, the Ministry
deciding to adapt existing aircraft for
carrier operations as the cheapest way to
go. In fact, it was not the best, converted
Spitfires and Hurricanes did not have
folding wings and had to be ranged on
deck in the most corrosive environments
and rough weather. Deck-landing accidents
were common and the early Hurricanes
catapulted from merchant ships could not
be recovered. In spite of the problems, the
Fleet Air Arm performed magnificently
during World War Two and in these pages
we show most of the types operationally
involved.
PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS
The Aeroplane
had a very talented staff of
photographers including Charles Sims, Alf
Long and Maurice Rowe to name a few.
Their standard equipment in the early days
was the First World War vintage Van Neck
VN Press camera, and Maurice Rowe
remembers how, starting from the bottom,
he learned to make up chemicals, dry
photographic prints on rotary glazing
drums and operate a large camera on rails.
Becoming a photographer for Temple Press
was very much a do-it-yourself operation,
if a large number of photographs were
needed slides had to be reloaded, so on an
overnight assignment one struggled in a
wardrobe in the bedroom to do this,
ensuring that the door was tightly closed!
Air-to-air photography was the most
challenging as heavy clothing was required
plus an oxygen mask, plates for the camera
in the pockets, exposed on the left and
unexposed on the right, plus of course the
camera, a tight fit in a Hunter but easier
from the back door of a Beverley!
CUTAWAY ARTWORK
Detailed examination of the cutaway
drawings included in these pages reveals
the amount of work involved. James
(Jimmy) Clark began producing cutaways
in the mid-1930s for
The Aeroplane
and
continued for 30 years, his rival with
Flight
was Max Millar. At first these drawings
were small and relatively uncomplicated
but as aircraft and engine design
developed the cutaways became even
more detailed.
Production of a cutaway could involve
hundreds of hours and Clark would often
spend a week in a factory sketching detail
drawings of aircraft parts, with reference to
engineering drawings, sometimes emerging
with a complete drawing, others needing
weeks of additional work to bring everything
together. Although occasionally criticised for
unorthodox perspective sometimes seen in
his work, it could be said that Clark often
used it to accentuate a key part and so
maybe his work, in some cases with minor
faults, should be viewed as aviation art.
Older readers will remember Chris Wren’s
Oddentifications in
The Aeroplane Spotter
which certainly accentuated the aircraft’s
shape to bring out a point!
Some of the illustrations here have
been produced by other artists including
Roy Cross, Frank Munger and Mike
Badrocke, and we are grateful to
Flight
Global
for the use of some of the cutaways
from the
Flight International
archive which
have enabled us to produce a more
complete selection of aircraft.
Mike Hooks
Editor
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft of World War 2
Editor
Mike Hooks•
Researcher
John Donaldson •
Advertising
Sue Keily •
Digital Image Manager
Rebecca Gibbs •
Scanning
Michael Hutchings •
Image restoration
Paul Sanderson
Published by Kelsey Publishing Group, Cudham Tithe Barn, Berry’s Hill, Cudham, Kent TN16 3AG. Telephone 01959 541444 Fax 01959 541400 www.kelsey.co.uk Printed by William Gibbons & Sons Ltd., Willenhall, West Midlands.
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The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Editor or Publisher. ISBN 978-1-907426-51-3
Sword sh of
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Squadron,
HMS
Ark Royal,
in the summer
of 1939
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft of World War 2
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6 FLEET AIR ARM PREAMBLE
Types in service in the last years of peace
Elderly biplane torpedo-bomber
Air-sea rescue amphibian
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9 BLACKBURN SHARK
14 SUPERMARINE WALRUS
23 FAIREY SEAFOX
Spotter seaplane for warships
Air-sea rescue amphibian, Walrus replacement
Last biplane torpedo-bomber
27 SUPERMARINE SEA OTTER
30 FAIREY ALBACORE
36 SUPERMARINE SEAFIRE
43 FAIREY SWORDFISH
Spit re development for carrier operations
Antiquated but e ective torpedo-bomber
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50 CENTRE PAGE SPREAD
Air x artwork painting by Adam Tooby showing Fairey
Sword sh attacking the Italian eet at Taranto
Modi ed RAF ghter for carrier operations
Turret ghter development of Skua
Two-seat ghter/dive-bomber
Two-seat eet ghter
53 GLOSTER SEA GLADIATOR
54 BLACKBURN ROC
56 BLACKBURN SKUA
63 FAIREY FULMAR
68 FAIREY BARRACUDA
Last British naval dive-bomber
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83 FAIREY FIREFLY
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Two-seat naval ghter and trainer
88 HAWKER SEA HURRICANE
Fixed-wing adaption of RAF ghter
Torpedo-carrying strike ghter
90 BLACKBURN FIREBRAND
94 WAITING IN THE WINGS
A brief selection of types intended for the Navy – some made it,
others did not.
94 FAIREY SPEARFISH
Torpedo-bomber, prototypes only
BLACKBURN B.48
Firebrand development, prototypes only
BLACKBURN YA-5
Carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft, prototypes only
95 HAWKER SEA FURY
Fastest single-engined Naval ghter
SUPERMARINE SEAFANG
Naval version of Spiteful, did not enter service
SUPERMARINE ATTACKER
Naval jet ghter, used Spiteful wing
96 D.H. SEA VAMPIRE
First naval jet ghter
D.H. SEA HORNET
Long-range carrier-based ghter
D.H. SEA MOSQUITO TR.33
Target-tug land-based Mosquito development
97 SUPERMARINE SEAFIRE 47
Ultimate ghter in the Spit re/Sea re family
SUPERMARINE SEAGULL
Amphibious reconnaissance aircraft, prototypes only
MILES MONITOR
High-speed target-tug, few delivered
SHORT STURGEON
Another target-tug, but more successful
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