Flight 1931-06 / Flight

Flight 1932-11 / Flight

THE FAIREY "GORDON": A two-seater day bomber with Armstrong-Siddeley Panther engine.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-02 / Personal album. Military

J9787 began life as a Fairey IIIF Mk IV in 1929 and was originally assigned to No 35 Squadron. In July 1934 it was converted to Gordon and it is seen here at Catfoss in 1938. The vertical stripes on the fuselage are shadows formed by the wing struts. In June 1939 J9787 became an instructional airframe, 1534M.

Flight 1933-10 / Flight

CHANGING FORMATION: No. 207 Squadron changing from Squadron Formation to Echelon of Flights.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / Personal album. Military

Another view of 6 Squadron Gordons over Ismailia in the same year. The four nearest aircraft are K1730, K2609, K2610 and K2604. K1730 was struck off RAF charge in July 1936, K2609 was struck off in August 1942, K2610 became an instructional airframe in 1938 and K2604 crashed on take-off at Amman in May 1937.

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Sqd. Ldr. Malcolm Taylor, A.F.C., O.C. No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron, in his Fairey "Gordon" with Armstrong-Siddeley "Panther" engine.
The Gordon was a development of the long-lived Fairey III series fitted with a 575 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIA 14-cylinder two-row radial.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

Line up of the 12 "Gordons" of No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron at Upper Heyford.

Flight 1933-10 / Flight

READY FOR THE DAY'S WORK: Fairey "Gordons" ("Panther" engines) lined up on the aerodrome at Bircham Newton.

Flight 1935-08 / Flight

Fairey "Gordons" flying over a remarkably solid-looking "cotton-wool carpet" while on a raid during the Air Exercises.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (3)

The Fairey "Gordon" is fitted with the 525 h.p. "Panther IIA"
Fairey Gordon K1776 of No 35 (Bomber) Squadron, RAF Worthy Down, This was the unit in which the author served. Note the bomb shackles, flare brackets and leading edge slats.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / Personal album. Military

Fairey Gordon I K2607 of 6 Sqn was based at Ismailia and is seen here in 1934. On February 3, 1939 the aircraft lost control while flying in cloud and crashed near Jerusalem. No 6 Squadron received its Gordons in June 1931, replacing its aged Bristol F.2Bs, and the type remained in service with the unit until replaced by Hawker Harts in October 1935.

Air Pictorial 1955-11 / B.Robertson - British military serials - their origin and history (1)

A Fairey Gordon of No. 47 Squadron showing the "R" for Re-built.

Air Pictorial 1977-12 / J.Hunt - Aviation in the Sudan - before independence

Легкий бомбардировщик Fairey Gordon Mk I из 47-й эскадрильи Заморских сил Его Величества над Кассалой, Судан, 1935 год.
Between the wars the main R.A.F. unit based in the Sudan was No. 47 Squadron. Here one of No. 47's Fairey Gordons, K2645, piloted by F/O. J. B. T. Whitehead, is seen flying past Jebel Kassala in 1933

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (3)

More 35 Squadron Gordons, with K2689 nearest, bombed up and with a camera gun on the rear cockpit mounting.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (3)

Another shot of K2689 and friends in formation; "a three-dimensional aerial ballet."

Flight 1933-10 / Flight

IN SQUADRON FORMATION: Fairey "Gordons" of No. 207 (Bomber) Squadron.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03

Another Flight photograph, this time featuring the Fairey Gordons Is of 207(B) Squadron, RAF, up from Bircham Newton in June 1933.

Flight 1933-10 / Flight

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Fairey Gordon I K2717. It was delivered to the RAF in 1932 and first flew with 1 Air Armament School (AAS) before pass­ing to 1 Armament Training Station (ATS). On August .5, 1939, K2717 was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. A total of 271 Gordons was built, including a number of converted Fairey IIIFs, from which the type derived.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-09 / T.Dudgeon - The Habbaniya campaign (1)

Fairey Gordon I K2743, at Fayid in Egypt on April 22, 1943, had served earlier in Iraq

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-10 / T.Dudgeon - The Habbaniya campaign (2)

Ten years after being introduced, into RAF service, Fairy Gordons were still plodding around the Middle East. The example here, K3994, is seen at Fayid, Egypt, on May 12, 1943.

Flight 1938-06 / Flight

Flight 1936-06 / Flight

The Fairey Gordon, also a G.P. type, with the 535 h.p. Siddeley Panther IIa.

Air Pictorial 1977-07 / M.Bowyer - R.A.F. on Parade - the 1935 Jubilee Review

A Fairey Gordon of No. 35 Squadron in the Review line-up

Flight 1932-06 / Flight

ANOTHER NEW AIRCRAFT TYPE WHICH WILL BE SEEN AT THE DISPLAY AT HENDON ON JUNE 25: The Fairey Night Bomber (two Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engines) is the only monoplane among the new machines of this class. It has a wing span of more than 100 ft., and the gross weight is 19,050 lb.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Hendon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / W.Smith - The Flying Shuftis

R.A.F. bomber squadrons are stationed abroad. Here is a striking “pose” by the machines and personnel of the R.A.F. station at Heliopolis. This picture was taken last year, before re-equipment.
An impressive line-up of 208 Squadron Audaxes, Fairey Gordons and Vickers Valentias at RAF Heliopolis in early 1939. Atlases had been phased out of service with 208 Squadron by the end of 1935, superseded by the Audax.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Audax - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931Vickers Valentia - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-07 / P.Lamboit - Eyes in the sky (2)

An airman passes an aerial camera up to the crewman of a 40 Sqn Fairey Gordon at Upper Heyford in 1932.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

Handing up a camera to the observer.

Flight 1934-06 / Flight

"Gordon" ("Panther") day bombers of No. 35 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flight 1934-10 / Flight

SQUADRON "V": Fairey "Gordons" with Siddeley "Panther" engines flown by No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / Personal album. Military

A flight of 6 Sqn Fairey Gordons over Ismailia in 1934.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

Squadron "V": A fine piece of formation flying by No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

Line Abreast: Among the clouds on a stormy day.

Flight 1933-09 / Flight

THE GAY "GORDONS": No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron have just dropped bombs on the three capital ships, H.M.S. Renown, Warspite and Malaya. Destroyers are scurrying in all directions. Observe how the Main Fleet has changed direction to avoid the air attack.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

"Squadron, Right wheel": No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron in squadron formation.

Flight 1936-01 / Flight

A SERVICE RECORD: Figures recently issued by the Air Ministry show that the flying time of the machines engaged in the 1935 Air Exercises aggregated 3,839 1/2 hours, which is an increase of 37 per cent, over the figures for 1934. High-altitude fighting was an outstanding feature, combats between light bombers and fighters being fought at about 21,000 ft. This photograph taken during the Exercises, shows such an engagement. The fighters are Furies and the picture was secured from a Gordon.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Fury - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

Flight 1933-12 / Flight

FIRING AT THE DROGUE: When a gunner has proved himself at the ground targets he is allowed to fire at targets in the air, and his merit is rated by his success at this practice.

Flight 1933-12 / Flight

GROUND TARGETS: A line of targets for preliminary gunnery practice is laid out along the wet sand, and a "Gordon" is firing at them. Note the shadow of the machine.

Flight 1933-12 / Flight

GUNNERY TARGETS: The "Gordon" is flying past the line of ground targets (which are covered with old aeroplane fabric) and the rear gunner is firing at target No. 4.

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

A GAY CO-OPERATIVE GORDON: This picture from an Asiatic desert is probably the first of a Fairey Gordon general-purpose machine equipped with a hook for collecting messages from ground forces. The verticals (sometimes formed on actual service by rifles with their bayonets stuck in the ground) seem reluctant to part with the message.

Flight 1934-07 / Flight

FOR GUNNERY TRAINING: Three Bristol "Bulldog II.A" ("Jupiter VII.F.P.") of No.29 (Fighter Squadron) and a Fairey "Gordon" ("Panther II.A") start off to give a demonstration aerial target practice. The target is towed by the "Gordon," and the "Bulldogs" swoop down on the former and fire at it with their machine guns.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Bulldog - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

Pilots of No. 40 B.S. (left to right): Sgts. Emly, Harris, Pattenden, Sowden, Evans; F/O. D. G. Morris; Flt. Lts. J. E. L. Drabble, C. C. Edwards, R. J. H. Holland; (behind) F/O. N. C. M. Styche; Sqd. Ldr. M. L. Taylor, A.F.C.; (behind) P/O. O. P. E. Williams; F/O. H. V. L'Amy; P/O. A. Taylor; F/O's. H. P. Wilson, G. Calvert; Sgt. Christian; P. O. G. W. Montagu; Sgt. O'Brien; P/O. R. H. Page; Sgt. Avent; F/O. L. F. H. Orr; P/O. W. H. N. Turner.

Flight 1932-05 / Flight

The Airmen of No. 40 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flight 1932-11 / Flight

The "Gordon" as a Seaplane.

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Поплавковый "Гордон" бразильского флота в полете, 1934 г.

Flight 1932-10 / Flight

BRITISH AIRCRAFT FOR SOUTH AMERICA: The last of a batch of Fairey "Gordons" (Armstrong Siddeley "Panther") being embarked and completing an order received from South America.

Flight 1934-11 / Flight

The "Seal," Fleet Air Arm three-seater (Siddeley "Panther").

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Fairey Seal.

Flight 1934-07 / Flight

IN THE LINE: The first machine is the Westland G.P. monoplane. Beyond may be recognised the Fairey G.P. and "Seal" and the Vickers "Vellox."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey G.4/31 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Vickers Vellore / Vellox - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928Westland PV.7 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

Flight 1934-03 / Flight

FAIREYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN: This photograph, taken on board the aircraft carrier Courageous during the Spring Cruise in the Mediterranean, is of interest not only on account of the large number of Fairey machines ranged on the flying deck, but also because at the back, over the extreme stern, may be seen the Supermarine "Seagull Mark V" with Bristol "Pegasus" engine. The presence of the latest type of amphibian flying boat on board the carrier may be significant.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

The Seals acquired by Peru were ultimately used both as floatplanes and with wheeled undercarriages. The latter is seen here as a student poses beside a Seal of the Primer Escuadron de Instruccion (First Training Squadron) at San Andres airfield at Pisco on Peru’s southern coast, after a training exercise in November 1940.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

Seen here fitted with a wheeled undercarriage and wearing the markings of 1 EBO while the latter was still part of III EA, Seal 1-BO-6C (c/n F. 1939) has suffered damage to its rear lower fuselage and is at Las Palmas air base near Lima for repairs. The Peruvian Seals were fitted with supercharged Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIIA engines.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

A rare photograph of one of the two Seals fitted with dual controls for the training role. This included the fitting of full instrumentation and throttle controls in the rear cockpit. With yet another reallocation in late 1941, the Seals were given serials 28-4-12 to 28-4-16 when they were operated by the 4th Flight of training unit 28 EI.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

In April 1940 the Seals found a new role when they were reallocated to the Primer Escuadron de Instruccion (I EI - First Training Squadron). Here, students and their instructor from the Escuela de Aviacion Militar pose for a photograph in front of a Seal of I EI in December 1941.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

CAP students receive instruction on maintenance and overhaul of the Seal’s Panther engine. Note the naval biplane's wings folded rearwards. In total, only 104 Seals were built, 91 of which went to the Fleet Air Arm, with six being sold to Peru, two to Chile, one to Argentina and four to Latvia.

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Возможность замены колесного шасси поплавковым позволяла эксплуатировать Seal с катапульт крупных кораблей.

Flight 1935-01 / Flight Advertisements

A Panther engined Fairey Seal seaplane of the Fleet Arm being placed on its catapult aboard one of HM.'s. battleships.

Flight 1937-01 / Flight

A Fairey Seal of the Fleet Air Arm operating as a float plane.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

Developed from the Fairey IIIF under Air Ministry Specification 12/29 for a “Spotter Reconnaissance Aeroplane” for the Fleet Air Arm, the prototype Seal (a converted IIIF) made its maiden flight on September 11, 1930, with a wheeled undercarriage; and with floats, as seen here on production example K3522, on September 29, 1932.

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Звено разведчиков "Сил" британской морской авиации, 1935 г.

Flight 1934-03 / Flight

A FLIGHT OF THE SEAPLANE TRAINING SQUADRON: "Osprey" and "Seal" led by "Tutor."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Tutor/Sea Tutor/Prefect / Type 621/646/626 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929Hawker Osprey - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930

Flight 1935-03 / Flight

ON THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS. A magnificent impression of a scene at Gibraltar during the Combined Exercises. The seaplane is a Fairey "Seal" (535 h.p. "Panther IIa") of the Fleet Air Arm. The rain-water catchment slope on the face of the Rock is clearly visible.

Flight 1937-12 / Flight

A Fairey Seal spotter reconnaissance floatplane (525 Siddeley Panther IIa) about to start a navigational training flight at Lee-on-the-Solent.

Flight 1934-03 / Flight

CRAFT OF THE SEAPLANE TRAINING SQUADRON: The machines from left to right are Fairey "Seal," Avro "Tutor," Saro "Cloud," Hawker "Osprey" and Supermarine "Southampton."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Tutor/Sea Tutor/Prefect / Type 621/646/626 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929Hawker Osprey - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930Saunders-Roe Cloud / A.19 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930Supermarine Southampton / Solent - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

Flight 1935-05 / Flight

A Fairey "Seal" alights across the bows of the photographic pinnace at Felixstowe.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

This photograph of Cuerpo de Aviacion del Peru (CAP) officers in front of a Fairey Seal floatplane of the Primer Escuadron de Bombardeo y Observation (1 EBO - First Bombardment & Observation Sqn) at the Alferez Carlos Huguet seaplane base at Ancon provides a good impression of the large size of the single-engined biplane.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

The CAP underwent several reorganisations throughout the 1930s, the Seals of 1 EBO being reallocated in October 1936 from III Escuadron de Aviacion (III EA) to IV EA, with the resulting slight change in (rather long-winded) serial from III/1-BO-1C etc to IV/1-BO-1 C etc. Here, the latter aircraft and four other Seals undergo maintenance at Ancon sometime before the next CAP reorganisation in 1939.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

After completing a three-year flight course at Las Palmas, fourth-year cadets at the Escuela de Aviacion Militar (Military Aviation School) had to complete a six-month course in seaplane operations at Ancon. Here, an instructor and student cadet return to the seaplane base after completing a training sortie in November 1938.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

Seal 1-BO-3C during a flight while operating as part of IV EA - note the “IV” above the main serial. Peru was not the only South American nation to acquire the Seal; one (c/n F.2111), fitted with a Panther VI engine, went to the Argentinian government and two were acquired by Chile with Napier Lion XI inline water-cooled engines.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

The CAP Seals underwent yet another reorganisation in June 1939, when they were allocated to XXXII Escuadron de Informacion Maritima (XXXII EIM), part of Tercer Grupo Aerea (3 GA). The six Seals initially operated with 82 Escuadrilla de Informacion Maritima; this example, fitted with floats, bears the revised serial XXXII-82-6.

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Fairey Seal 'R-54' at Lago Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche, Provincia de Rio Negro.

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Fairey IIIF 'R-53', to the right, with its recently-installed Panther VI engine, and identically-powered Fairey Seal 'R-54' at Lago Nahuel Huapi.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

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Гидросамолет Фейри «Сиал» английского производства

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The cockpit of a Fairey Gordon in 1937.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-04 / J.Pelly-Fry - The Belle of Berlin

Habbaniya air base. The airfield at the top of the picture was not used at the time. Some of the Harts and Gordons, which can be seen on the polo ground, are on fire.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hart - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-08 / Personal album

Fairey Gordon I, K2734, strikes oil. This aircraft belonged to No 47 (General Purpose) Squadron, RAF, based at Khartoum, and ended up like this after a night flight in 1937.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (3)

Gordon K2761 of 35 Squadron "in a bad way" during the unit's earlier days in the Sudan. The aircraft were delivered, crated, to Sealand.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

... and crunch again! In December 1943 Seal 28-4-15 was involved in a taxying accident when the pilot made a miscalculation and struck a CAP Vultee BT-13 parked next to the runway, causing considerable damage to both aircraft. By late 1944 the Seal had been replaced by more modern American types and, after 11 years of rugged service, the type was retired.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vultee BT-13 / SNV Valiant - СШАUSA - 1939

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-07 / Personal album

Fairey Gordon K2639 crashed after meeting a violent down-draught near Semak in 1934. The Gordon, which replaced the Fairey IIIF, was a two-seat day-bomber and general purpose aircraft. It was powered by the Armstrong Siddeley Panther radial, which gave it a better performance than the Napier Lion powered Fairey IIIF. A total of 160 Gordons were built for the RAF, in addition to a number of reconstructed IIIFs. K2639 was a No 14 Squadron aircraft based at Amman.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-07 / Personal album

Capt Stead had to force-land this Fairey Gordon, K2631, after an engine failure at night about 50 miles east of Amman on October 12, 1933. As can be seen in photograph, the undercarriage came right back, just missing the pilot, who was unscathed.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-07 / Personal album

Capt Stead had to force-land this Fairey Gordon, K2631, after an engine failure at night about 50 miles east of Amman on October 12, 1933.

Aviation Historian 39 / A.Tincopa - Wings over Peru

Crunch! This unmarked CAP Seal suffered extensive structural damage following a landing accident at Villa auxiliary airfield, near Las Palmas, in September 1940. The Seal was damaged beyond repair and was withdrawn from service.

Flight 1934-11 / Flight

"SKYBIRDS". Three recent additions to the realistic 1-72nd-scale models produced by A. J. Holladay & Co., Ltd. They are: Albatros D.III; D.H. "Comet"; and Fairey "Seal."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Albatros D.III - ГерманияGermany - 1916De Havilland Comet / D.H.88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1935-08 / Flight

Attack by a two-seater Hawker "Demon" on a Fairey "Gordon" light bomber. The fighter uses its rear gun from a blind spot under the bomber's nose. The bomber has one fixed front gun, which can only be brought to bear by dipping the nose of the machine. This form of attack can be used by a formation as well as by a single fighter.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Demon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

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Fairey Gordon

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Fairey Seal