Fairey Fulmar Mk.I – fotografie a video

Fotogaléria Víla Fulmar Mk.I, The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter aircraft that served with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War. A total of 600 were built by Fairey Aviation at its Stockport factory between January 1940 and December 1942. The Fulmar’s design was based on that of the earlier Fairey P.4/34 that was in turn developed in 1936 as a replacement for the Fairey Battle light bomber. Although its performance (like that of its Battle antecedent) was lacking, the Fulmar was a reliable, sturdy aircraft with long range and an effective armament of eight machine guns.

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The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft / fighter aircraft that served with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It was developed and manufactured by Fairey Aviation Company, based on the design of the Fairey P.4/34 light bomber. It was named after the northern fulmar, a seabird native to the British Isles.
The Fulmar was a two-seat monoplane with a low wing and a retractable landing gear. It was powered by a single Rolls-Royce Merlin engine that gave it a maximum speed of 438 km/h and a range of 1,255 km. It was armed with eight 7.7 mm Browning machine guns in the wings and sometimes a rear-facing Vickers K machine gun for defence. It could also carry two 45 kg bombs or one 110 kg bomb under the fuselage.
The Fulmar first flew on 4 January 1940 and entered service in May 1940. It was used for reconnaissance, escort and interception missions over various theatres of war, including Europe, North Africa and the Far East. It participated in several notable actions, such as the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck, the Battle of Cape Matapan and the defence of Malta. Although it was reliable, sturdy and well-armed, it was also slow and unmanoeuvrable compared to single-seat fighters such as the Supermarine Spitfire and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. It was gradually replaced by more advanced aircraft such as the Supermarine Seafire and the Grumman Martlet from 1942 onwards. The last Fulmars were withdrawn from front line service in February 1945.
The Fairey Fulmar was an important aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm during the early years of the war, when it had few other modern fighters available. It proved to be effective in its intended role as a long-range reconnaissance/fighter aircraft, but it also suffered from its limitations as a navalised bomber design. A total of 600 Fulmars were built between 1940 and 1943.