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Blackburn Firecrest
WWII British naval strike fighter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the British Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It was a development of the troubled Firebrand, designed to Air Ministry Specification S.28/43, for an improved aircraft more suited to carrier operations. Three prototypes were ordered with the company designation of B-48 and the informal name of "Firecrest", but only two of them actually flew. The development of the aircraft was prolonged by significant design changes and slow deliveries of components, but the determination by the Ministry of Supply in 1946 that the airframe did not meet the requirements for a strike fighter doomed the aircraft. Construction of two of the prototypes was continued to gain flight-test data and the third was allocated to strength testing. The two flying aircraft were sold back to Blackburn in 1950 for disposal and the other aircraft survived until 1952.
B-48 Firecrest | |
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Role | Strike fighter |
Manufacturer | Blackburn Aircraft |
First flight | 1 April 1947 |
Primary user | Fleet Air Arm |
Produced | 1947 |
Number built | 2 (prototypes)[1] |
Developed from | Blackburn Firebrand |