Gannet (Antisubmarine aircraft)

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Name (Latin)
Gannet (Antisubmarine aircraft)
Other forms of name
Fairey Gannet (Antisubmarine aircraft)
See Also From tracing topical name
Antisubmarine aircraft
Fairey aircraft
Reconnaissance aircraft
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q537678
Library of congress: sh2006003411
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Hazell, S. Fairey Gannet, 199-.
  • Wikipedia, 3 May 2006:Fairey Gannet (the Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare and airborne early warning aircraft of the immediate post World War II- era developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm)
  • Virtual Aircraft Museum web site, 3 May 2006:UK, Fairey (Fairy Gannet, naval multi-purpose aircraft; built to the requirements of a carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft; the first aircraft in Fleet Air Arm service to combine the hunter/killer role for ASW; later the Gannet early-warning variant began to enter service)
  • Thunder & Lightnings web site, 3 May 2006(Fairey Gannet; it was vital to the Navy's anti-submarine defence for several years but it was in the airborne early warning (AEW) role that it ended its career)
  • Gatwick Aviation Museum web site, 3 May 2006(Fairey Gannet; the Gannet was originally designed as an anti-submarine aircraft; it was later modified as an airborne early warning aircraft)
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