The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based, low-wing, two-seat, single radial-engine aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane and the first dive bomber in Fleet Air Arm service. It was designed in the mid 1930s to Specification O.27/34, combining the roles of dive bomber and fighter, with the design effort headed by G. E. Petty. The first prototype flew on 9 February 1937 and the Skua entered service in November 1938, with 33 aircraft operational by the outbreak of war. Early in the Second World War it sank the German cruiser Königsberg, the first major warship sunk in war by air attack. Its poor top speed and rate of climb limited it as a fighter, and from 1941 it served in secondary roles such as training and target towing.
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.
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