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Blackburn Firebrand

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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 the Second World War by Blackburn Aircraft. Blackburn tendered the B-37 design using the 24-cylinder H-type Napier Sabre engine, and it was accepted by June 1940. It was intended as a pure fighter, but its unimpressive performance and the priority given to Hawker Typhoon production for Sabre engines caused a redesign with a different engine as a strike fighter to exploit its load-carrying ability. The unarmed first prototype flew on 27 February 1942. Development was slow and the first production aircraft was delivered only after the war ended. Only a few hundred were built before the type left front-line service in 1953.

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1942 1
Status
Retired from service 1
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Aircraft (no road body style) 1
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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.

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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.
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  • Article, year
    The unarmed first prototype first flew on 27 February 1942 using the Sabre II
  • Lead, body style
    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.
  • Article, status
    Only a few hundred were built before it was withdrawn from front-line service in 1953.
  • Article, manufacturer
    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.
  • Article, country
    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.
  • Of Make: Blackburn Aircraft, Article, maker
    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.
  • In Group: Propeller-Driven Fighters, Lead, aircraft role
    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.
  • Exemplifies: Aviation, Lead, aviation mode
    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.
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