MB561 is a Firefly FR.I of No.1830 Squadron RNVR photographed by JJH at Turnhouse in 1949. In 1945 we rode in the back of Firefly NF.2s of No.784 Squadron at Drem which had AI radar domes slung under the nose on a rack which looked exactly the same as the one on this aircraft. The standard reference works do not go into detail on this point so can anyone explain why an FR.I should have this mounting? Was it for ASV radar?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Firefly - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Fairey Flycatcher N9664 on floats over Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. This aircraft was from the 1924 batch of Flycatchers and the photograph was probably taken in 1925/26. Battleships Iron Duke, Benbow, Emperor of India and Marlborough are all in harbour and all four were in the Mediterranean Fleet until 1926. A battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class is moored near the floating dock and another is alongside the wharf and visible just above the starboard float. Two C-class light cruisers can be seen at the trailing edge of the wing and a third is between the aircraft and the floating dock. Two V-class destroyers and a fleet tug are moored by the dry dock below the port float.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922