Skua (Dive bomber)

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Name (Latin)
Skua (Dive bomber)
Other forms of name
Blackburn Skua (Dive bomber)
See Also From tracing topical name
Blackburn aircraft
Dive bombers
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q536742
Library of congress: sh2007004318
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Smith, P.C. Skua! : the Royal Navy's dive-bomber, 2006:forew. (the only British-built and British-operated dive-bomber)
  • Wikipedia, 15 June 2007(the Blackburn Skua was a naval combat aircraft operated by the Fleet Air Arm and combined the functions of dive-bomber and fighter; entered service in 1938, withdrawn from front line in 1941)
  • Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 web site, 15 June 2007:aircraft database (Blackburn Skua; all-metal low-wing monoplane dive bomber; originally also intended as two-seat fighter but not suitable for that role)