Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3057   [5]

There were no special prototypes of the Blackburn Roc and the first aircraft, L3057, was first flown on December 23,1938, by Flt Lt H. J. Wilson. After contractor's trials at Brough, L3057, in company with L3058 and L3059, went to A&AEE Martlesham for handling and armament trials.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-03 / H.Levy - Middle East exiles

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3183

Blackburn Roc fleet fighter L3183, another of HMS Phoenix’s complement, was photographed on November 28, 1942. This aircraft was delivered to No 8 MU, Little Rissington, in June 1940. The Roc was the first turret fighter to serve in the FAA.

Flight 1939-06 / Flight

Both two-seater fighters built by Boulton Paul and equipped with multi-gun power-operated turrets made by the same company, the Defiant and the Blackburn-designed Roc (shown) are in production respectively for Home Defence and Fleet Air Arm use. The Defiant had a Rolls-Royce Merlin and the Roc a Bristol Perseus.

Air Enthusiast 2003-11 / A.Brew - Proud heritage

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3158

A production Blackburn Roc (P.93), L3158, outside the factory at Pendeford.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Flight 1939-11 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3057   [5]

Both the Blackburn Roc (shown) and the Boulton Paul Defiant are fitted with a Boulton Paul multi-gun power-driven turret. The Roc, which was designed for service with the fleet, has a Bristol Perseus engine while the Defiant has a Rolls-Royce Merlin. Both types are built by Boulton Paul Aircraft, Ltd

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3057   [5]

A view of the first Roc, L3057, probably taken in February 1939, shortly before it went to Martlesham Heath for handling and armament trials.

Flight 1939-04 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3057   [5]

NOT-SO-MYTHICAL. According to the encyclopaedia, the roc was a fabulous bird of the East, so huge that it bore off elephants to feed its young. The Blackburn Roc, of which details are now released, is neither fabulous nor gigantic, but it is obviously a very efficient two-seater fighter for the Fleet Air Arm. It closely follows the lines of the Skua, and the engine is a Bristol Perseus. Either a retractable wheel undercarriage or a float undercarriage may be fitted.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3057   [5]

The Blackburn Roc is a two-seater Fleet fighter, very similar to the Skua, fitted with a multi-gun power-driven turret.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3084   [3]

Blackburn Roc - L3084 on air test - and built by Boulton Paul!
Roc L3084 again, showing well the Boulton Paul Type A Mk II power-driven gun turret. Four 0-303in Browning guns were mounted in pairs and the turret could be rotated 360°; the guns could be elevated up to 85° above the horizon.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3084   [3]

Roc L3084 was later converted to a target tug. The idea of a turret fighter bringing its guns to bear in broadside attacks proved unsound and Rocs were used as fighters only briefly. Relegated to target-towing duties, most Rocs had disappeared by the summer of 1943.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3084   [3]

Истребитель "Рок" I из 778-й эскадрильи, 1940 г.
Blackburn Roc L3084. This two-seat Fleet trainer first entered FAA service in February 1940, with 806 Sqn at Eastleigh. The type ended its days as a target tug and trainer and the last examples were retired in August 1943. Powered by a 890 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII radial engine, the Roc had a range of about 480 nautical miles.
Structurally similar to the Skua, the Roc had a widened fuselage to accommodate the Boulton Paul gun turret and the mainplane had 2 deg dihedral outboard of the centre section.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3118   [2]

Серийные Roc с башенными четырехпулеметными турелями Boulton Paul. Вместо стрелковой установки часто устанавливали лебедку с тросом длиной 1830 м для буксировки мишеней.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3118   [2]

A pair of Rocs, with L3118 in the foreground.

Aviation Historian 28 / M.Russell - Bring Out the Big Guns

Designed to fulfil a similar role to the Defiant, but constricted by stringent naval requirements and its less powerful radial engine, the Blackburn Roc was fitted with the same Boulton Paul Type A four-gun turret as its RAF counterpart. By the time it flew in 1938, British interest in 37mm armament for air-to-air fighting was on the wane.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2

Blackburn Rocs.

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

FLEET FIGHTER: A study of the Blackburn Roc two-seater fleet fighter (Bristol Perseus) as now being delivered to the Fleet Air Arm. It has a multi-gun Boulton Paul turret.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-11 / Personal album

An anonymous Gloster Gladiator and Blackburn Roc, both FAA aircraft, are featured in this photo, parked at HMS Phoenix, Fayid, 1943.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Gladiator - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: RO-143

The first four Roc Is arrived at Dyce on March 13, 1940, wearing covered Finnish insignia. The Winter War ended on the same day and the Air Ministry issued a standstill order to stop all deliveries.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3059

The Roc was intended to meet Specification 26/36 as a twin-float seaplane fighter. Seen here is one of the two trials machines, L3059, after being fitted with floats at Blackburns Dumbarton factory in October 1939. L3059 is painted with camouflaged upper surfaces and sky on the lower half of the fuselage and underside of the starboard wing. The underside of the port wing was painted black. Roc L3059 was water-tested at Helensburgh, not far from the Dumbarton factory. The trials were not successful and the aircraft crashed while taking off on December 3, 1939.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3143

Roc seaplane L3143 with wings folded. Delivered to No 2 AACU in March 1940, this Roc crashed in October of the same year.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-02 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: L3062

Blackburn Roc L3062 sitting on its belly at RAF Hawkinge in 1939. This 803 Sqn aircraft was part of a batch of 136 Rocs delivered between February 1939 and August 1940 and was delivered to the Admiralty in May 1939. Shortly after receiving three Rocs, 803 Sqn embarked on HMS Ark Royal.

Air Enthusiast 2003-07 / A.Brew - The best fighter the Navy never had

Model of the Blackburn O30/35, dated July 1937.

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Blackburn Roc