FAIREY SPEARFISH

'Fairey Spearfish' was a Second World War British torpedo bomber. It was one of the largest single-engine aircraft to ever operate from a British aircraft carrier.

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Design and development

Specifications (Spearfish)

References

External links

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Design and development

The Spearfish was designed by Fairey Aviation to Admiralty Specification O.5/43. Having learned the lessons of the Fairey Barracuda, the Spearfish featured a much more powerful engine and an integral ASV anti-submarine radar (the external installation on the Barracuda caused problems with longitudinal stability). Problems with the Bristol Centaurus engine delayed the first flight until 5 July 1945. Only five aircraft were built before victory over Japan at which point further work on the project was stopped.

Specifications (Spearfish)

References

External links

★ Fleet air Arm Archive

★ Two pictures of a Spearfish

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