A low-set tailplane originally distinguished the first Barracuda prototype, P1767, from its successors. The tailplane was quickly raised when the wake from the flaps was found to impair its efficiency.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Этот Mk 1 раннего выпуска с выпущенными закрылками Fairey-Youngman переходит в пикирование.
Barracuda I P9659 in dive-bombing attitude.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Barracuda II P9667, complete with torpedo, poses for Charles E. Brown to take its picture.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Barracuda II MX613 was used for trials with an under-fuselage air/sea rescue lifeboat.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Barracudas of 822 Squadron over Ceylon during July-September 1944.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Unfolding a Barracuda on HMS Ocean.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Another shot of P9667, this time with a negative angle on the Youngman flaps for dive-bombing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

A Barracuda poised over the deck of escort carrier HMS Ravager. Note large flap area.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940

Barracudas lined up on the deck of HMS Implacable off Brest during the Western Union Exercise “Activity” in 1950.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Barracuda - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940