Firebrand (Fighter plane)
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Name (Latin)
Firebrand (Fighter plane)
Other forms of name
B-37 Firebrand (Fighter plane)
Blackburn B-37 (Fighter plane)
Blackburn Firebrand (Fighter plane)
See Also From tracing topical name
Blackburn aircraft
Fighter planes
Torpedo bombers
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MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q575327
Library of congress:
sh2006003397
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Buttler, T. Blackburn Firebrand .... 200-.
- Wikipedia, 2 May 2006:Blackburn Firebrand (the B-37 Firebrand was a single-engine fighter aircraft; designed as a single-seat fleet fighter for the Royal Navy; modified as a strike fighter capable of carrying torpedoes, bombs, and rockets as well as engaging in air to air combat)
- Fleet Air Arm Archive (1939-1945) web site, 2 May 2006:naval aircraft database (Blackburn B-37 Firebrand; originally designed as a naval fighter, then redesigned as a fast strike aircraft carrying a large torpedo; primary role: carrier-based torpedo-strike fighter)
Wikipedia description:
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 alternative 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 Only a few hundred were built before it was withdrawn from front-line service in 1953.
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