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Westland Wyvern S.Mk 4 из 830-й эскадрильи авиации ВМС летали с британского авианосца "Игл". Они наносили штурмовые удары по прибрежным целям, в том числе казармам между Эль-Гамилем и Порт-Саидом и по аэродрому Дехейла. При атаке автодорожного моста Дамиетта один самолет был сбит зенитным огнем, летчика спас дежуривший на "Игл" вертолет Whirlwind HAS.Mk 3.

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Westland Wyvern S.4 WN328 of 830 Squadron, HMS ‘Eagle’ (hence fin-code ‘J’). Abandoned following damage from light anti-aircraft fire during a raid on the Coast Guard Station near Gamil airfield, November 5, 1956. Pilot, Lt Cdr Bill Cowling ejected successfully and was rescued by helicopter. Aircraft was coded ‘371’ but this was obliterated by the application of ‘Suez stripes’ to the rear fuselage. Spinner and finlets were painted maroon. Note that the finlet does not appear to carry the diagonal yellow stripe (or stripes) usually carried. (This maroon and yellow was called ‘custard and prunes (or plums)’ by squadron personnel.

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TS371 - первый прототип W.34/TF.Mk 1. Его собрали в Йовиле в октябре 1946 года. Прототип потерпел катастрофу 15 октября 1947 года. На прототипах стояли моторы Eagle, самые мощные и последние поршневые авиадвигатели компании "Rolls-Royce". Впервые в Великобритании моторы были снабжены восьмилопастными соосными винтами противоположного вращения.

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The ultimate piston engine from Rolls-Royce, the Eagle, powered the Wyvern but was overtaken by gas turbine development.

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Prototype W.34 Wyvern TS371 first flew on December 23, 1946, powered by a Rolls-Royce Eagle 22 piston engine. Note that it lacks a wing-folding mechanism, cannon armament and ‘sting’ type arrester hook. It is seen here during its fatal last flight on October 15, 1947 in the hands of Peter Gamer - failure of the pitch translation bearing resulted in the airscrew stopping and the aircraft was burnt out in the ensuing unsuccessful wheels-up, dead-stick landing near Yeovil.

Air International 1996-05 / Fighter A to Z

The Wyvern TF Mk I torpedo-fighter, powered by the Rolls-Royce Eagle piston engine, was overtaken by the advent of the turboprop.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

The first prototype Wyvern TF. Mk 1, TS371, powered by a 2,690 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle piston engine, seen here in the hands of Sqn Ldr P. J. Garner on a flight from Yeovil on Wednesday, October 15, 1947. During this sortie the propeller stopped owing to failure of the pitch translation bearing and Garner was killed whilst attempting a forced landing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-09 / Farnborough 1949

Massive Westland Wyvern TF.2 second prototype VP113 provided a snappy display, thanks to the power of its 4,000 e.h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop engine: after unfolding its wings in front of the crowd it made a rapid take-off, upward-rolled with ease, flew inverted and made tight, fast turns within the airfield perimeter. The excellent field of view from the high-set cockpit attracted favourable comment, as did the ejection seat - unusual equipment for a propeller-driven aircraft.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

Prototype TS371 on the compass pan at Yeovil

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

This photo of TS375 from the rear highlights the Youngman flaps, seen extended in the “cruise” setting. This type of flap had proved itself on the wartime Fairey Barracuda and Firefly, acting as a slotted flap for take-off and landing or as an auxiliary aerofoil to increase wing area and efficiency to extend endurance in cruising flight.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

The second prototype Wyvern, TS375, first flew on September 10, 1947. It was originally used for aerodynamic and handling tests.

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

With a strap placed around its rear fuselage. TS375 is prepared for a tethered engine test run. Only a few early test Eagles had been built before 15 examples of the 3,500 h.p. Eagle 22 were produced by Rolls-Royce, largely for the Wyvern test programme. The prominent gills in the forward part of the cowling are the outlets for hot air passing over the intercoolers, which were arranged in a semi-annular fashion around the reduction gear.

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

The second Westland Wyvern prototype, TS375, has its Rolls-Royce Eagle sleeve-valve engine run up at RNAS Merry field, a satellite of RNAS Yeovilton, around the time of its first flight in September 1947. The noise from the massive powerplant and its eight-bladed contra-rotating propeller must have been deafening, and at least two of the bystanders are, quite sensibly, covering their ears!

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

The test crew assembles for the tethered engine run, and the Wyvern is fuelled from a small Brockhouse-type bowser. The battery trolley has also been plugged in. Note the square carburettor intake under the nose, wedged between the annular intercooler intakes, and the staining along the forward fuselage from the exhaust.

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

Seen here from the front in “clean” configuration, with flaps retracted, TS375 did not have folding wings or any armament fitted; the first two prototypes were purely aerodynamic and systems test vehicles. The first prototype, TS371, was lost in a fatal crash little more than a month after TS375 first flew.

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

As Westland’s factory at Yeovil was not suitable for the Wyvern’s early test flights, much of its development flying was undertaken from Merryfield. Here we see TS375 in front of a T2 hangar, with engineers working on the complex Rotol propeller. Only the rear blades are yet in place; the apparatus to lift the front blade unit into place may be seen to the left.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

The third prototype, TS378

Aviation Historian 22 / M.Willis - "Very nearly a good aeroplane..."

A different Wyvern and possibly a different location - the aircraft is probably the third or fourth of the original six prototypes. Of the Eagle-powered machines, only TS378 and TS380 appear to have worn the post-war Admiralty colour scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky as seen here in this group shot. The location is hard to establish, although it may be Merry field or even Rolls-Royce’s aerodrome at Hucknall. The gentleman in the white shirt and spectacles is believed to be Dennis Edkins, Wyvern designer Teddy Petter’s assistant.

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Один из семи предсерийных Wyvern TF.Mk 1 с подвешенной под фюзеляжем 46-см торпедой. Все TF.Mk 1 были оснащены моторами Eagle.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / 1986 UK Aircraft Collections and Museums Guide

Westland Wyvern TF.1 VR137.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VR137 at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Of four TF.2 prototypes ordered to Specification N.12/45, only VP120 was powered by a R-R Clyde turboprop, the others were fitted with AS Pythons. First flown on January 18,1949, it was delivered to Rolls-Royce at Hucknall on July 4, 1949 for trials and latterly went to RAE Farnborough on September 11, 1950 for crash barrier trials until being struck-off-charge in February 1951. It is seen here undergoing an engine test.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VP120 with the monstrous Clyde engine

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

VP113, the second prototype T.F.2, was lost on October 31, 1949, when it overshot into council houses at Yeovil after engine failure, killing Sqn Ldr M. Graves.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

Wyvern T.F.2 VW867, which replaced VP113 in the test programme, first flew on February 16, 1950. It survived until it was broken up at Yeovil in 1955.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

Wyvern TF.2 VW867 with a full load of torpedo and rockets

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

"Вайверн" TF.2
First production Wyvern TF.2 VW867, wearing prototype markings, seen fully ‘bombed-up' with centreline torpedo and underwing rockets en route to the SBAC show at Farnborough in September 1950. First flown on February 16,1950, VW867 replaced second prototype TF.2 VP113 in the test programme. Used by the A&AEE Boscombe Down for deck landing trials and also by Westland and Armstrong-Siddeley at Bitteswell, it was eventually broken-up at Yeovil in 1955.

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

This view of a TF.2 clearly illustrates the Wyvern’s outer wing and tailplane dihedral and eight-bladed propeller.

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Westland «Wyvern»

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Носовая часть и капот на TF.Mk 2 были переделаны под установку ТВД Armstrong Siddeley Python, так как он был значительно больше двигателя Clyde. Мотор Clyde работал на шестилопастный соосный винт, а Python - на восьмилопастный.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

This study of Wyvern T.F.2 VP109 was taken at Yeovil in May 1950. This aircraft featured a tailplane with 10° dihedral and first flew on March 22, 1949, from Merryfield. It suffered engine failure and crashed into a Farnborough hangar on April 24, 1952.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1954 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Westland Wyvern S. Mk. 4 Strike Fighter (Armstrong Siddeley Python 3 engine).

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

Wyvern S.4 VW870 was a converted T.F.2, and is seen at the SBAC Show, Farnborough, in September 1951 with torpedo, auxiliary tanks and fences inboard of the ailerons.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ774 of the Wyvern Conversion Unit at Ford in 1957

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ748 in the final form of the Wyvern

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ753 of No. 813 Squadron ready to start up at Ford

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Wyvern стал последним самолетом компании «Westland». На фотографии периода 1955-1956 годов изображен Wyvern S.Mk 4 из 830-й эскадрильи, а буквенный код «J» означает принадлежность к авиагруппе авианосца «Игл».

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The Westland Wyvern TF 4 seen here was the only production turboprop fighter to be built, not just in Britain, but the world. It was an ill-starred venture from the beginning. However, before reviewing the Wyvern and its closest US contemporary, the need for a turboprop front-line combat aircraft in the post-World War II jet era, must be considered. The turboprop engine may have had its limitations in terms of out-and-out speed as the propeller tips encountered compressibility shock, but it was lightweight and powerful. This aspect of the turboprop had been grasped by would-be engine producers by the early 1940s, some time before the first flight-worthy units existed. One particular design approach that found favour first in the US, was to couple two turboprops together to drive contra-rotating propellers through a combining gearbox. This type of turboprop had particular appeal to naval forces, who saw the advantages of eliminating take-off torque reaction from a confined flight deck as a marvellous plus point. As a bonus, they could shut down one of the units in cruise flight to economise on fuel. In Britain, the Royal Navy already had Westland developing the Wyvern by the end of World War II, albeit in piston engined form, using the Rolls-Royce Eagle. What could be simpler than changing engine from piston to turboprop? As it turned out, the desk-bound naval warrior's 'chop and change' approach failed, with the usual British procurement vacillations complicating more fundamental problems concerning the development of the generic turboprop, and deadlines were not met. The first turbo-proppowered Wyvern, the TF 2, took to the air on 18 January 1949, this with the 4.030eshp Rolls-Royce Cyde. Even before this flight, it had long been decided to put the Wyvern into production, as the TF 4, using the 4,110eshp Armstrong Siddeley Python. First flown with the Python on 22 March 1949, the TF 4 was reluctantly given its restricted service release over four years later, in May 1953. Incidentally, the intervening and protracted development programme that was predominantly propulsion-centred, was strewn with fatal crashes. Propulsion troubles continued to plague the Wyvern to the end, most flying from shore prior to an early service withdrawal in March 1958.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-02 / G.Webb - FAA portfolio

A Westland Wyvern of 764 Sqn at RNAS Ford in 1956. The Wyvern entered FAA service with 813 Sqn, in May 1953 and remained with the squadron until it was disbanded in March 1958.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

An unidentified Wyvern taxies out at Ford with Attackers in the background

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Attacker - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1946

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v5

Westland Wyvern carrying 16 rockets and a torpedo.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

WN324 of No. 831 Squadron at Ford

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VW870 fitted with drop tank and rockets

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

VZ761 shows off the auxiliary vertical surfaces on the tailplanes which became a feature of the S.4.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

Wyverns of No. 813 Squadron awaiting take-off on the runway at Lee-on-Solent

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Wyvern S.4s of 813 Squadron at RNAS Ford in 1955 with wings folded and engines running. The nearest aircraft is VZ793/’126/J’. Note the coloured tailplane finlets, which were dark blue with a single white diagonal stripe on the majority of aircraft, although the senior pilot’s aircraft carried two stripes and the CO’s had three.

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S.Mk 4 с кодировкой "J" из авиагруппы авианосца "Игл". На самолетах подвешены дополнительные баки, а под плоскостями установлены направляющие для ракет. Wyvern принадлежат 813-й эскадрилье, законцовки килей окрашены в голубой и белый цвета.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

No. 827 Squadron lined up at Ford in the winter of 1954

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

VW867, carrying a torpedo and sixteen 25lb rocket projectiles, was rolled and otherwise thrown about at the 1951 SBAC Show at Farnborough.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

Wyvern S.4 WN334 was flying with 831 Sqn based at Ford when photographed on February 22, 1956, with 16 25lb rockets underwing. In June 1957 WN334 underwent trials with the US Navy at Patuxent River.

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Вестланд "Уайверн"

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Wyvern S.4 WN334 was flying with 831 Sqn based at RNAS Ford when this photograph was taken on February 22, 1956. Note the sixteen 25lb rockets underwing, and the perforated dive-brakes immediately inboard of the rocket rails. In June 1957 WN334 underwent trials with the US Navy at NAS Patuxent River.

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Vortices stream off the wingtips of a Wyvern S.4 of 830 Squadron, photographed in 1956. The aircraft is believed to be WN336/‘372/J’ which was later burnt-out in a hangar fire aboard HMS Eagle on November 18, 1956 when a Sea Venom inadvertently fired its 20mm cannon, hitting WN336's drop tank and starting a fire. Two days later the wreck was pushed off the bows of the carrier and committed to the deep.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Beauty and the beast. Armstrong Siddeley Python-engined Wyvern TF.4 VW885, flown by Sqn Ldr D. Colvin, is dwarfed by an “anvil” of magnificent cumulonimbus over the West Country in March 1952. Flight’s photographer took this splendid shot from a Dragon Rapide flown by R.S. Bradley, who gave a memorable Wyvern display at the 1951 SBAC Show.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

VW885, the second production Wyvern TF.4, photographed during a sortie from Yeovil in March 1952.

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-01 / D.Middleton - Harald Penrose /Test Pilot Profile/ (2)

During development the Wyvern killed three test pilots, Penrose almost became the fourth to succumb to this potentially lethal beast.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / M.Rowe - Cameras in the sky

813 Sqn FAA Westland Wyverns up from RNAS Ford in August 1953. photographed by John Yoxall from a Meteor T.7.
The second aircraft from the front in this formation of S.4s from Ford-based 813 Squadron, taken in September 1953, is VZ762. The nearest aircraft is VZ752.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Wyvern S.4s of 813 Sqn, FAA, up from RNAS Ford in August 1953.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

Wyvern S.4s of No. 813 Squadron in formation

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S.Mk 4 из 813-й эскадрильи в полете строем, 1953 год. В этой эскадрилье Wyvern в августе 1953 года заменили самолеты Firebrand. Годом позже Wyvern на авианосце "Альбион" убыли в Средиземное море.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

Beachy Head.

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

Flight of four Wyverns from 830 Squadron, with codes on the rear fuselage - they moved to the nose following the Suez campaign. Spinners and finlets were maroon with yellow striping, fin-code 'J' denoting HMS ‘Eagle’.

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Wyvern S.4 VZ758/‘188’ heads a formation of 813 Squadron examples from RNAS Ford in 1953, shortly after the unit re-equipped with the type, replacing its earlier Blackburn Firebrand TF.5s.

Air Pictorial 1956-11 / The journal of a roving spotter

One of the few photographs ever published showing a Wyvern Mk.4 equipped with wingtip tanks.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

A Wyvern S.4 of 830 Sqn, operating from HMS Eagle in the Mediterranean during September 1956, launches a pair of RPs.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ796 flies over HMS Eagle.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-03 / Personal album. Military

An 813 Sqn Westland Wyvern lands on HMS Eagle in June 1955, Sea Hawks can be seen parked forward of the carrier's island. No 813 Sqn operated Wyvern S.4s from May 1953 until November 1955 and again from November 1956 to April 1958.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Sea Hawk - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

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Посадка "Вайверна" на авианосец "Игл". Начало октября 1956г.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ765 of No.813 Squadron arrives aboard Eagle

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

Wyvern S.Mk 4 VZ79? picks up an arrester wire on HMS Eagle at Spithead, in May 1955. Note generous flap area, rocket rails and drop tanks.

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Wyvern S.Mk 4 с красным коком и эмблемой 827-й эскадрильи на борту фюзеляжа складывает крыло и законцовки, авианосец "Игл", лето 1955 года.

Мировая Авиация 194

Wyvern на авианосце. На верхнюю палубу Wyvern поднимали самолетоподъемником. Перед взлетом самолет крепили к катапульте.

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

Deck operations on the ‘Eagle’ during ‘Musketeer’. In the foreground is WP337 ‘378’ with WL888 ‘374’ to the left.
WP337 of No. 830 Squadron taxies to the starboard catapult aboard Eagle

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Wyvern S.4s of 813 Sqn aboard HMS Eagle in October 1957. This unit was the first to take the Wyvern into service. The Sea Hawk alongside the island has evidently suffered a landing mishap.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Sea Hawk - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

830 Sqn Wyverns, with Gannets in the background, aboard HMS Eagle in the mid-1950s.
Wyverns of No.813 Squadron aboard Eagle

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Gannet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-03 / Personal album. Military

Early morning strike of Wyverns, seen from the flight deck of HMS Eagle during Exercise Sea Enterprise in October 1955. A tanker can be seen astern of the carrier.

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

A view of the rear of ‘Eagle’s’ flight deck, 1957, showing escorts in rough weather. The Wyvern in the foreground is almost certainly VZ765, which served with 813 Squadron from November 1956, until written off in a landing accident on ‘Eagle’ on March 25,1958 and ‘sent over the side’ after spares recovery

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

HMS ‘Eagle’ with ‘Bulwark’ and ‘Albion’ behind. On the deck, bow to stern, are Sea Venoms, Sea Hawks, Wyverns, a Dragonfly helicopter and an Avenger

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Venom / D.H.112 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941Hawker Sea Hawk - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947Westland Dragonfly / Widgeon - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-03 / Personal album. Military

A fine photograph of HMS Eagle, taken in July 1955, with Wyverns ranged during flying duties.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ749 of No. 813 Squadron aboard Eagle in 1956, complete with squadron logo

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Wyvern S.4 VZ749/‘272/E’ of 813 Squadron on board HMS Eagle around 1956/7. Initially retained by Westland and then used for trials by Rotol, the aircraft joined 813 Squadron on November 28, 1956, and remained with the unit until April 18, 1958 when it was flown to AHU Lossiemouth for storage and subsequently struck-off-charge on September 23, 1959 and scrapped.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / ??? - Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association /High Society/

The Westland Wyvern S.4 entered service with the FAA in May 1953. This 827 Sqn example prepares to take off from the water-streaked deck of HMS Eagle shortly after the carrier’s recommissioning in March 1955.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

VZ782 of No. 703 Squadron ready for catapulting

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

An 813 Squadron Wyvern, on take-off from HSm ‘Eagle’ in 1957, Gannet ready to go behind. The Wyvern coded ‘276’ with fin-code ‘J’ (denoting ‘Eagle’) with the unit’s white spinner

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Gannet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949

Мировая Авиация 194

Wyvern на авианосце. До запуска катапульты двигатель выводился на режим полного газа, затем срабатывала паровая катапульта.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

S.4 VZ790 of 813 Squadron, armed with 25lb underwing rockets, leaves the deck of HMS Eagle in late October/early November 1957. Note the catapult strop falling away beneath the main wheels. VZ790 was struck off charge on September 23, 1959.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1985-03 / Abbotsinch

Another view from the Heron shows aircraft parked closely on runway 35, mainly Avengers and Wyverns with the Kilpatrick Hills in the background

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Heron / D.H.114 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1950Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Three Wyverns on the Yeovil production line in March 1952, with TF.4s VZ761 in the foreground and VZ762 behind.

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Единственный двухместный тренировочный T.Mk 3 заказали одновременно с TF.Mk 2. В кабине инструктора был установлен перископ. Самолет оставался собственностью "Westland" и разбился в ноябре 1950 года.
Photographed in January 1950, the one and only Wyvern trainer, T.3 VZ739, first flew on February 11 the same year and was retained by Westland for trials, becoming the station hack when orders were not forthcoming.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)

The one and only Wyvern trainer, to Spec T.12/48, was the T.Mk 3 VZ739. Photographed in January 1950, it first flew on February 11 the same year. It became a station “hack” when orders were not forthcoming.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

The two-seat Wyvern T.3

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

Hood jettisoned, the props stopped, Lt Cdr Bill Cowling gets ready to pull the blind and eject from WN328 following a flak hit while bombing the Coast Guard Barracks near Gamil airfield on November 5, 1956. He was eventually picked up by a 'Whirlwind' from the ‘Eagle’.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1998-02 / Westland Wyvern

WN325 of No. 831 Squadron runs into the catwalk aboard Ark Royal on 19 November 1957

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

TF.2 VW867 crashed at Merryfield on January 8, 1952 due to asymmetric flap operation. Flown by Harald Penrose, the aircraft rolled inverted before it was crash landed. Damage was, however, relatively minor and it was subsequently repaired.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

Wyvern Mk 2 VW867 after its forced landing on January 8, 1952, following asymmetric flap lowering.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-11 / D.Webb - Westland Wyvern /Tested & failed/

The sad state of Wyvern Mk 4 VW880 on February 23, 1952, after Harald Penrose forced-landed following engine failure.

Air Pictorial 1956-12 / C.Cain - Farnborough Graveyard

Skeletons in the cup­board include (left to right):
Westland W.34 Wyvern TF. Mk. 1 (VR133), one of the ten production models of the piston-engined Wyvern. The eight-blade Rotol contraprop was driven by a 2,690-h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle, with twenty-four cylinders arranged in H-fashion. (Silver overall.) Blackburn B.54 (YA-5), the first prototype (WB781) of this two-seater, powered by a Rolls-Royce Griffon engine driving contra-rotating propellers, flew for the first time on 20th September 1949. The second prototype (WB788), also carrying the type number B.54, was a three-seater and was designated YA-7. It was an interim test vehicle de­signed to the Fairey Gannet Naval Specification GR.17/45. Experience was gained with this machine, powered by a Rolls-Royce Griffon, and paved the way to the turboprop-powered (2,950-e.h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba A.S. MD.l) three-seater YB-1 (WB797) which flew for the first time on 19th July 1950. Type number was B.88. (Dark sea-grey top, duck-egg blue undersides.)
Fieseler Fi 156K Storch (VX154), foreground. Tattered fuselage only. Mainplanes on the grass. (Time-ravaged brown and green camouflage.)
De Havilland D.H.112 Sea Venom F(AW) Mk. 20 (WK379). Tail boom of the second prototype showing the revised fin and rudder shape. Port wing panel on the grass. (Dark sea-grey top, duck-egg blue undersides.)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Blackburn B-54 / B-88 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949De Havilland Venom / D.H.112 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1949Fieseler Fi.156 Storch - ГерманияGermany - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-09

Conceived in 1944 as a long-range naval fighter, the prototype Wyvern first flew on December 16, 1946, with Harald Penrose in the cockpit. On January 18. 1949, the first turboprop-powered Wyvern T.F.2, powered by the Rolls-Royce Clyde, took to the air, followed on March 22 by the first Armstrong Siddeley Python-engined aircraft. The Python became the standard powerplant for the Wyvern, and after protracted development flying, the Fleet Air Arm took delivery of its first aircraft in 1935. The final service variant was the T.Mk.4 (later S.Mk.4), which began carrier operations late in 1954 and served as a front-line strike fighter until 1958, seeing action with 850 Squadron during the Suez crisis in November 1956.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-12 / P.Masefield - Wren

The Westland Wyvern

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Westland Wyvern S.4

Air International 1996-05 / Fighter A to Z

The Wyvern TF Mk I torpedo-fighter, powered by the Rolls-Royce Eagle piston engine, was overtaken by the advent of the turboprop.

Air International 1997-01 / G.Swanborough - Wyvern: Westland's Bedevilled Dragon

Three-view drawing of the Westland W.35 Wyvern S.4.

Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster

Westland Wyvern S.4.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / A.Ross - Westland Wyvern /Fighters of the fifties/ (15)