Blackburn Firecrest

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The Blackburn Firecrest was a late-World War II era British single-engine carrier-based strike and torpedo aircraft prototype developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

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instanceOf carrier-based strike aircraft ⓘ
prototype aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
aircraftCategory naval aircraft ⓘ
aircraftClass single-seat strike fighter (with observer in some configurations) ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftRole strike aircraft ⓘ
torpedo aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType single-engine aircraft ⓘ
armamentCapability bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designedBy Blackburn design team ⓘ
designedFor aircraft carrier operations ⓘ
designedForMission dive-bombing ⓘ
low-level strike ⓘ
torpedo attack ⓘ
designedToOperateFrom British aircraft carriers ⓘ
developedFrom Blackburn Firebrand ⓘ
era late World War II ⓘ
firstFlight 1947 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the last British piston-engined carrier strike prototypes ⓘ
intendedReplacementFor Blackburn Firebrand ⓘ
intendedServiceBranch Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
intendedUser Royal Navy ⓘ
landingGear tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft ⓘ
numberBuilt 3 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy (test and evaluation) ⓘ
powerplant single piston engine ⓘ
productionStatus not placed in series production ⓘ
propulsionType propeller-driven ⓘ
reasonForCancellation changing postwar naval requirements ⓘ
performance and handling issues ⓘ
status prototype only ⓘ
successorTo Blackburn Firebrand ⓘ
takeoffAndLanding carrier-based ⓘ
usedDuring post–World War II testing period ⓘ
wingType folding wings for carrier stowage ⓘ

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Blackburn Aircraft → producedAircraft → Blackburn Firecrest ⓘ