A close shave for a Fairey Barracuda of 812 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm that was operating from HMS VENGEANCE during exercises off Manus, Australia, when the pilot decided to go round again instead of landing on.
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A Fairey Swordfish of No 824 Squadron Fleet Air Arm takes off from the escort carrier HMS STRIKER during an anti-submarine sweep.
A Fairey Barracuda landing on HMS VENGEANCE in the Clyde.
A Fairey Albacore torpedo-bomber of No 820 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS as the ship lies at anchor in Scapa Flow.
A Grumman Wildcat fighter of No 882 Squadron Fleet Air Arm being manoeuvred into position for takeoff from HMS Pursuer off the northern coast of Norway.
After landing a Grumman Martlet of No. 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm is seen taxi-ing along the flight deck of HMS Formidable to the forward hangar, 1942.
Grumman Martlet of 888 Squadron of British Fleet Air Arm taxiing on HMS Formidable after landing, circa 24 Apr-10 May 1942; HMS Warspite and AMC Alaunia in background
Grumman Martlet (Serial No. FN114), No. 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea.
Grumman Martlet (Serial No. FN114), No. 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, taking off from the deck of HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean Sea.
A Fairey Barracuda about to take off from HMS RAVAGER whilst she is at sea.
HMS BITER and HMS AVENGER underway in line astern from HMS VICTORIOUS. Two Supermarine Seafires of No 884 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm can be seen at the far end of the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS.
Seafire fighter of No. 885 Squadron FAA landing on HMS Formidable, off Gibraltar.
OTD in 1942, during Operation Cerberus to force battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau through the English Channel, six Fairey Swordfish crews of 825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm were ordered to attack by the 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Dudley Pound, against overwhelming air and anti-aircraft defences
Apparently these are the colours of No.1850 Naval Air Squadron, as embarked in HMS Vengeance in 1945.
Nov 1942. Fairey Albacores from 820 Naval Air Squadron on HMS Formidable, operating in support of the TORCH landings in North Africa. On 17th November, an aircraft from 820 sank U-331, the submarine which had destroyed the battleship HMS Barham the previous year.
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Three sailors wearing just caps and shorts carrying rocket projectiles over to a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 834 Squadron, FAA prior to it taking off on anti-submarine patrol from the escort carrier HMS BATTLER.
A Hawker Sea Hurricane taking off with Fairey Swordfish aircraft alongside during an anti-submarine sweep from on board HMS STRIKER.
Fairey Fox aircraft of 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force from RAF Andover at RAF Hendon for the 1929 Royal Air Force Pageant.
Todays daily aircraft the Fairey Gannet AEW!
This British aircraft was used as an early warning plane by the Fleet Air Arm of the royal navy from 1959 to 1978, built off the airframe of the Fairey Gannet anti submarine aircraft
It is also widely considered one of the ugliest planes of all time
Oof, that was a bit of a rough landing x3 pilot had to do a go-around cause of the wind shear
This is just off the edge of the airfield (I have a sequence of photos from the 1940s of a Fairey Barracuda being pushed down the cliff near this exact spot)
Today is the 83rd anniversary of when the Douglas A-20 Havoc entered service, and the 81st anniversary of when the Fairey Barracuda entered service.
A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney.
Small plane loses power, skims suburban rooftops before making crash landing on belly | CNN
A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney.
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