АвиаМастер 2003-02 / М.Жирохов, А.Котлобовский - Небесные войны Индонезии /Горячая точка/ (1)

"Файрфлай" из 860-й эскадрильи нидерландских ВВС, аэродром Сурабая, декабрь 1946г.

Aviation Historian 15 / J.Franzi - Smile Please...! /An eye for detail/

Firefly FR.4 (c/n F8229) "005": Delivered 18.4.47, s/n "11-33"; assigned VSQ4, also served with VSQ2; serial revised 1950 to "16-33". Delivered VSQ7, Biak; serial revised 1959 to "005"; wfu Biak 15.12.61

Aviation Historian 15 / J.Franzi - Smile Please...! /An eye for detail/

Firefly FR.4 (c/n F8253) "009": Delivered 12.10.47, s/n "11-57"; assigned VSQ1, also served with VSQ2; serial revised 1950 to "16-57". Delivered VSQ7, Biak; serial revised 1959 to "009"; wfu Biak 15.12.61

Aviation Historian 15 / J.Franzi - Smile Please...! /An eye for detail/

Firefly FR.5 (c/n F8397) "015": Delivered 14.3.49, s/n "11-79"; assigned VSQ2; serial revised 1950 to "16-79". Delivered VSQ7, Biak; serial revised 1959 to "015"; wfu Biak 15.12.61

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly AS.5 WB338/239 operated with No 810 Sqn from HMS Theseus in October 1951, making effective ground strikes in Korea.

Мировая Авиация 195

Firefly FR.Mk 5. Изображен самолет 821-й эскадрильи, действовавшей в Корее с авианосца "Глори" в сентябре 1952 года, вторично эскадрилья прибыла в Корею в марте 1953 года.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly FR.5 VT488 was operated from HMS Glory by 821 Sqn during the Korean conflict, the type proving itself a formidable ground-attacker.

Мировая Авиация 123

Самолеты Firefly T.Mk 7 состояли на вооружении 739-й (на фотографии), 719-й, 750-й, 796-й и 1840-й эскадрилий. Они использовались для разведки и как учебные.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

The first prototype Firefly (Z1826) as originnaly flown with dummy wing cannon.

Мировая Авиация 192

Прототип Firefly, Z1826, запечатлен на аэродроме Грейт-Вест (ныне это часть аэропорта Хитроу, Лондон) вскоре после первого полета 22 декабря 1941 года.
The first Firefly I prototype, Z1826, unpainted and fitted with the short-lived horn-balanced rudder. Not visible here is the dummy cannon installation.
The Firefly prototype, Z1826, was rolled out at the Great West Aerodrome in December 1941, in a natural metal finish, and with fabric-covered control surfaces.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

The same aircraft in standard Royal Navy camouflage with redesigned rudder.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

The first development Firefly (Z1826) in its definitive form
Another view of Firefly first prototype Z1826. It was powered by a 1,735 h.p. Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB 12-cylinder vee liquid-cooled engine.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

Prototype Firefly I Z1826 in flight. Its maiden flight was made by Chris Staniland from the Great West Aerodrome on December 22, 1941.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

The first prototype Firefly (Z1826) after application of standard camouflage finish and installation of armament.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Fairey Firefly F.1.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly two-seat Naval Reconnaissance Fighter (Rolls-Royce Griffon II engine).

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

"Файрфлай" F.I в полете
Firefly F.I Z1832, the third aircraft of the first production batch, closing in on Charles E. Brown's camera in April 1944.

Мировая Авиация 123

Поздний серийный Firefly Mk I демонстрирует вооружение из четырех пушек. Все машины до Mk 4 имели трехлопастные воздушные винты.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A striking Charles Brown photograph of Firefly Z1832. The elliptical wings made the Firefly more aesthetically pleasing than its Fulmar forerunner.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

В основном Firefly принимали участие в боях на Тихоокеанском ТВД. Данный самолет принадлежал 1772-й эскадрилье, под ним виден авианосец "Индефатигейбл".
Firefly FR.I ‘K’ of 1772 Squadron over HMS ‘Indefatigable’ during the summer of 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-06 / Personal album. Military

One of Indefatigable’s Fairey Fireflies over the carrier.

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

A standard production Firefly I (DT985) with redesigned windscreen and canopy seen flying with a pair of 1.000-lb (453,6-kg) bombs, the carriage of which initially posed a number of problems at the RAE.

Air Pictorial 1995-01 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (13)

Firefly F Mk I, with underwing bombs.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

A Firefly F I of No 1770 Sqdn returning to the Indefatigable after a strike against the Pangkalan Brandon refinery, Sumatra.

Мировая Авиация 192

Firefly Mk I из 1770-й эскадрильи - первой эскадрильи авиации британских ВМС, вооруженной Firefly, получившей боевое крещение. Самолет готовится к посадке на авианосец после боевого вылета. Видны закрылки увеличенной площади и подкрыльевые направляющие для реактивных снарядов.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1982-02 / HMS Smiter

FAA aircraft engaged in deck landing training in the Firth of Forth included Firefly I, Swordfish and Barracuda as shown in the photographs.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

This photograph almost certainly shows Firefly Z1828 during trials aboard HMS Illustrious in mid-1943.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / H.M.S. Ravager

Firefly I of No. 766 Squadron being folded

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / H.M.S. Ravager

Firefly I of 768 Squadron folded on elevator

Aviation Historian 4 / D.Hamilton - Taking the Seafire to Sea

Seafire Mk 17 из 800-й эскадрильи и Fairey Firefly Mk I из 827-й эскадрильи готовятся к взлету с борта авианосца "Триумф", Средиземное море, вероятно, 1948 год.
Seafire XVIIs and Fairey Fireflies of the 13th Carrier Air Group aboard HMS Triumph. The unit and the ship were the fi rst to deploy in-theatre during the 1950-53 Korean conflict.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-06 / M.Huggins - The Final Combat /World War Two/

The British Pacific Fleet on operational duty off the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. Visible on the deck of HMS Indefatigable are Seafires, Avengers and Fireflies. The USA was initially sceptical about the British role in the Pacific, but soon discovered that their own carriers, which had wooden flight decks, were too vulnerable to the Kamikaze menace, whereas the British flat-tops benefited from armoured decks.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Aviation Historian 19 / R.Flude - The Pacific Express

Commissioned on April 2, 1945, HMS Glory embarked the Fairey Barracudas of No 837 Sqn and the Corsair IVs of No 1831 Sqn before sailing for the Far East to become part of the British Pacific Fleet. A number of the air-ferried Corsairs joined No 1831 Sqn in theatre, but none saw action. Glory is seen here with Fairey Fireflies and Corsairs on the deck in January 1946.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Vought F4U Corsair - СШАUSA - 1940

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

An early FR I (Z2117).

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Resembling a particularly vicious insect from head-on, this Mk I demonstrates its neatly folding wings, which had to be folded manually - a job requiring a sizeable groundcrew.

Мировая Авиация 192

Крыло Firefly для обеспечения размещения в ангаре авианосца могло складываться вручную (после войны применили гидравлический привод). Узлы складывания, карданы, размещены на заднем лонжероне.

Моделист-Конструктор Морские самолеты палубного и берегового базирования Второй мировой войны

"Файрфлаи" FR.I на базе Хал-Фар (Мальта), 1947 г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

Production Firefly Is in the MB serial range awaiting delivery in late 1944. The type first entered service with 1770 Sqn FAA and was put into operation for the first time in July 1944.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly two-seat Naval Reconnaissance Fighter (Rolls-Royce Griffon II engine).

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (1)

A Firefly with red and yellow “invasion” stripes for exercises Mariner/Momentum, 1953.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-04 / Supply-dropping Firefly

Firefly I MB692 used as trials aircraft by AFEE, Beaulieu

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-04 / Supply-dropping Firefly

Container attachment to wing rack

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-04 / Supply-dropping Firefly

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-04 / Supply-dropping Firefly

Sequence photographs of containers dropping from aircraft and parachutes deploying

Мировая Авиация 192

Разработка NF.Mk II была закрыта в июне 1944 года, а под задачи ночного истребителя доработали FR.Mk I. Заказ на 328 самолетов Mk II был сокращен до 37 машин, часть из них позже переоборудовали в NF.Mk I (на фото). Главной особенностью стала замена на самолетах морской авиации РЛС типа Al Mk X на американскую РЛС типа AN/APS-4, получившую в авиации британских ВМС обозначение ASH (Air-to-Surface H). Новая РЛС весила лишь 91 кг, что позволило разместить ее в небольшом контейнере внизу носовой части машины. Вскоре на стапелях, наряду с FR.Mk I, стали активно собираться самолеты NF.Mk I.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (1)

A newly delivered Firefly for 1841 Squadron, PP404, prior to removal of the previous owner's (RNAS Donibristle) fin markings.

Aeroplane Monthly 1997-03 / Personal album. Military

Also visiting Whenuapai from HMS Theseus was Royal Navy Fairey Firefly Mk 1 PP654. The canister beneath the Griffon engine housed the radar equipment.

Air Enthusiast 2003-09 / I.White - Nocturnal and nautical

This is thought to be NF.I prototype DT933 (but it might be DT985). DT933 was used for ASH trials with 746 and 787 Squadrons.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

A late production Firefly FR I (PP433) with ASH radar canister beneath the nose.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-02

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?

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

The 191st Hayes-built airframe (DT933) used for NF I trials purposes.

Моделист-Конструктор Морские самолеты палубного и берегового базирования Второй мировой войны

Разведчик "Файрфлаи" FR.I во время облета на заводе, РЛС еще не установлена

Air Enthusiast 2003-09 / I.White - Nocturnal and nautical

Ночной истребитель "Файрфлаи" NF.I из 792-й эскадрильи
Firefly NF.I PP617.

Air Pictorial 1995-01 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (13)

Firefly NF Mk 1 MB590 in service with No 1791 Sqn in mid-1945.

Air Enthusiast 2003-09 / I.White - Nocturnal and nautical

MB564 of 746 Squadron, flying ASH trials out of Ford, April 1945.

Air International 1979-01 / Fighter A to Z

The photograph illustrates the FR Mk I reconnaissance fighter with an ASH radar pod beneath the nose.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / K.Desmond - Richard Fairey 1887-1956 (2)

Just some of the FAA Fairey Fire­flies which lined the runway at Lee-on-Solent for the Coronation Review of the Fleet on June 15, 1953.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

The original Firefly Trainer used as company demonstrator.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly FR.I MB750 was adapted to become the prototype T Mk 1 in the summer of 1946, and won the 1947 Lympne High-Speed Handicap race at an average speed of 290 m.p.h.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly Two-seat Advanced Trainer (Rolls-Royce Griffon XII engine).

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

The Firefly NF II did not enter service, the 37 examples completed (including Z1875 shown) being converted back to Mk I standards.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1984-02 / Fairey Firefly N.F.II

Мировая Авиация 192

Ночной истребительный вариант Firefly рассматривался еще в самом начале программы, однако создание ночного истребителя NF.Mk II (на фото) обернулось провалом. Размещение дополнительного оборудования (РЛС Al Mk X) в контейнере под каждой консолью крыла привело к смещению центра тяжести машины, дополнительное оборудование пришлось разместить в кабине наблюдателя, а намерение врезать 38-сантиметровый отсек перед противопожарной перегородкой только усугубило ситуацию. Mk II испытывал многочисленные проблемы, поэтому первичный план построить 100 ночных истребителей Firefly был пересмотрен.

Air Enthusiast 2003-09 / I.White - Nocturnal and nautical

A view of NF.II Z1875 in March 1943, for searchlight trials - one of the 37 examples of this mark built with lengthened front fuselages and radomes on each wing, but converted to Mk Is before delivery.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1984-02 / Fairey Firefly N.F.II

Air Enthusiast 2003-09 / I.White - Nocturnal and nautical

The prototype Firefly NF Mk II Z1875 with wing-mounted AI Mk X radomes.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1984-02 / Fairey Firefly N.F.II

The NF.II prototype, Z1831/G, in March 1943 when it was issued to 'A' Squadron at Boscombe Down.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1984-02 / Fairey Firefly N.F.II

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-03 / R.Sturtivant - The Navy's spare time fliers (2)

Firefly T.2 MB752, code 251/BR, of 1844 Sqn at Bramcote in 1954.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

The prototype Firefly III (Z1855) featuring a two-stage Griffon 61 and an annular chin-type radiator proved generally unstaisfactory, and development was abandoned in favour of the Firefly IV.

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-01 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (2)

A Firefly T3 of 1841 Squadron.

Air Pictorial 1995-01 / G.Swanborough - British aircraft at war, 1939-1945 (13)

Firefly IV prototype MB649, one of four Mk I airframes converted to have wing-root radiators and Griffon 72 or 74 engines. Note the aesthetically unattractive supercharger air intake which was later to he relocated.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly IV Two-seat Naval Reconnaissance Fighter (Rolls-Royce Griffon 74 engine).

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

Z2118 with revised nose, wing radiators and clipped wingtips

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Several Firefly I airframes were used in development of the Mk IV, including Z2118 shown with the early Griffon 72 installation and wing leading-edge radiators.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Several Firefly I airframes were used in development of the Mk IV, including MB649, which featured the new tail and clipped wings.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

One Firefly IV, TW695, was flown for a time with an experimental contra-prop.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

TW695 testing a contra-prop

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Peter Twiss taxies Firefly IV TW695, which was fitted with contra-rotating propellers in a bid to negate the swing effects of torque; the idea was never adopted for service.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

TW749 of No. 767 Squadron at Stretto

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-07 / Personal album

Brand new Fairey Firefly IV TW725, straight from the Heston paint shop.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG968 of 778 Squadron displays an unusual form of coding at Bramcote in June 1949

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The start of another day’s test flying at White Waltham in 1948. Seven Fireflies await their pilots - from left, Lt D.D. Peacocke, Sqn Ldr J. Mathews, Gordon Slade and Peter Twiss.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

At Heathrow on March 4, 1973

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

A 810 Squadron aircraft gets off line on landing on Theseus, to the alarm of the deck crew

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Bombed-up Firefly FR.5 WB351 of 817 Sqn aboard HMAS Sydney prepares to be launched on another strike in South Korea. Note the identification stripes used during the conflict.

Мировая Авиация 8

Истребители Firefly FR.Mk 5 принадлежали ВМС Великобритании и Австралии. Для опознавания американскими летчиками на крылья Firefly были нанесены черные и белые полосы.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Korean winters were harsh, and strike operations from wet and icy flight decks were frequently made under appalling conditions, like those in this picture of HMAS Sydney in 1951.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1996-02 / Picture pages

Firefly AS.5 VT474 of No.814 Squadron aboard Vengeance during Arctic trials in February-March 1949 with pack-ice forming a background

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

The generous flap area of the Firefly FR.4 is evident as one awaits take-off aboard Illustrious.

Мировая Авиация 7

Самолет из 812-й эскадрильи Firefly FR.Mk 5 готовится к взлету с палубы легкого авианосца "Глори" для выполнения боевого задания. Авианосцы английских и австралийских ВМС принимали меньшее участие в войне, чем их американские союзники. На них базировались только самолеты с поршневыми двигателями.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly AS.5 VT395 prepares to take off using the deck catapult. The launch strops have been fitted to the catapult spools; the strops are then tensioned, the pilot applies full power and, at the signal, the Firefly is launched over the bows.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

A Firefly FR.4 takes-off from HMS Illustrious during deck landing training

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

To enhance take-off performance under loaded conditions, especially on a flight deck with little wind, a rocket-assisted take-off (RATO) was achieved using rocket motors attached to the sides of the Firefly’s fuselage.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2004-11 / А.Демин - В небе Кореи (3)

Британский штурмовик "Файрфлай" на авианосце

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-01 / R.Wilson, R.Winslade - Naval Nostagia

Currently beset by engine problems, Firefly WB271 should be back in the air for the 1981 season

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / K.Desmond - Richard Fairey 1887-1956 (2)

Firefly IV prototype Z2118 being flown by Flt Lt H. "Tim" Woods. The big underwing nacelles carried radar and auxiliary fuel.
The prototype Fairey Firefly IV Naval Reconnaissance Fighter (2,300 h.p. Rolls-Royce Griffon 72 engine).

Air International 1979-01 / Fighter A to Z

The Firefly FR Mk IV which, with dipped wings, the first production model with the two-stage Griffon.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

A production Firefly FR Mk 4 showing the final carburettor air intake form introduced with the 21st production aircraft, but without wing radomes fitted.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Fairey Firefly FR.4.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (1)

Firefly AS5 WB403/283/ST of 1841 Squadron on patrol during exercise “1984,” March 1955.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-07 / The Queen's Silver Jubilee Air Pageant, White Waltham

Fairey Firefly Mk 5 WB271, of the Royal Navy's Yeovilton-based Historic Flight, first entered service on July 8, 1949, and was rescued from an untimely demise in Australia in 1966. It now bears the markings it wore during service in Korea.

Air International 1986-07 / ??? - Under Two Hats /Veteran & Vintage/

The Fairey Firefly AS Mk 5 WB271 is representative of Fleet Air Arm equipment in the early post-war years. Its marked with Korean war stripes, as this photo shows.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08

The Royal Navy Historic Flight's Fairey Firefly AS.5, WB271, is the subject of RICHARD WINSLADE'S superb photo. Taken over the South Coast near Sidmouth on April 25 this year, the photograph was commissioned for the RNHF’s 1987 brochure Pilot of the Firefly is Lt John Baker RN, the flight's new commanding officer.

Air Pictorial 1991-09

Firefly AS.5 WB271 of the RN Historic Flight gets airborne from its Yeovilton base

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-01 / R.Wilson, R.Winslade - Naval Nostagia

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

A fine air-to-air study of Yeovilton's Firefly by Gordon Bain.

Мировая Авиация 195

За счет минимальных изменений состава бортового оборудования из Firefly Mk 5 можно было сделать истребитель-разведчик, ночной истребитель и противолодочный самолет.

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-06 / News Spotlight

A flypast on May 1, 1974 by aircraft of the FAA Historic Aircraft Flight over HMS Ark Royal, they are, left to right, Hawker Sea Fury, Fairey Firefly and the Fairey Swordfish.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Swordfish - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Hawker Fury / Sea Fury - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Мировая Авиация 125

Авианосцы в Корее. 3 июля 1950г.: с началом войны в Корее американцы двинули на ТВД свои "плавучие аэродромы", а первыми американскими палубными самолетами, принявшими участие в боевых действиях, стали 3 июля восемь F9F-2 Panther с авианосца "Вэлли Фордж". За ними Skyraider и Corsair из 5-й авианосной авиагруппы (CVG-5) нанесли удар по Пхеньяну, a Panther из 51-й истребительной эскадрильи прикрывали ударную группу. Пилот самолета Panther из 51-й эскадрильи лейтенант Леонард Плог тогда сбил Як-9. В тот же день удар по противнику нанесли самолеты с британского авианосца "Триумф" - первый случай боевого применения не американской авиации в Корее: 9 Seafire FR.Mk 47 из 800-й эскадрильи и 12 Firefly Mk 5 (фото) из 827-й эскадрильи штурмовали аэродром в Хэджу (иногда Хаеджу).

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

A Firefly FR.4 comes in too high and overshoots during deck landing practice aboard Illustrious.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

Landing after the first official flight following restoration, October 1972

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Wing folding on the Firefly 4 and early Mk 5s was manual, requiring the efforts of a ground handling crew.

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

Being assembled at Yeovilton shortly after arrival

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

Aboard Victorious at Sydney, still in RAN target tug markings

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The Firefly IV was essentially the same as the previous marks, other than that a 2,245 h.p. Griffon 74 engine was installed, and the coolant and oil radiators shifted to the leading edge.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The pugnacious-looking Firefly IV introduced a number of changes to the airframe, notably the relocation of the coolant and oil radiators from the nose to the leading edge centresection, a revised tail structure and clipped wings. The underwing pods contained radar in the starboard and fuel in the port. Note the unusual underwing roundels “wrapped around” each pod.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Contrasting views showing the revised wing platforms of the Firefly 4 (left) and Firefly 7 (right).

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

These photographs of the Firefly FR Mk I (above) and the Firefly AS Mk 6 (below) taken from similar angles depict graphically the changed appearance of the aircraft resulting from the introduction of leading-edge radiators and clipped wingtips.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

Firefly TT.4 VH132 undergoing trials by No. 771 Squadron at Ford

Air Pictorial 1955-09

A Ford-based Fairey Firefly T.T.Mk 4. The M.L. winch under the fuselage is operated by the airstream through the small propellor on the nose.

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

700 Sqn Fairey Firefly TT.4 VH132, fitted with an ML winch. The aircraft was based at RNAS Ford in 1955-57.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG993 of the Airwork FRU at Hum during at Ford

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

Firefly TT.4 of No. 771 Squadron at Lee-on-Solent on 13 June 1959

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

Firefly TT.4 VG967 with 700 Squadron at Ford
The photo of VG967 was taken at Hurn, not Ford as shown. The goal posts are a clue!

Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Photo Review

Another Hum "locum", an R.N. Fairey Firefly TT. Mk. 4 (TW723) with ventral M.L. winch visible.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG959 shows clearly the target-towing pack below the centre section

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG983, probably photographed at Culham prior to issue
Mike Phipp has pointed out that the photograph of VG983 on page 92 cannot be so as it ditched on 9 November 1948 so could not serve with Airwork later. The answer is presumably that the handwriting on the back was misread and it is actually VG993, also illustrated in the article on page 102.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / R.Sturtivant - The Navy's spare time fliers (1)

Fairey Firefly AS.6 VT396 of 1830 Sqn flying over Glasgow in 1955.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-03 / R.Sturtivant - The Navy's spare time fliers (2)

Reserve formations: Firefly AS.6 WD871 244/AC from the Southern Air Division in 1953 or 1954.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-03 / R.Sturtivant - The Navy's spare time fliers (2)

1840 Sqn Fairey Firefly AS.6 WH632, coded 211/FD, patrols the English Channel. The squadron equipped with Firefly AS.6s in July 1951.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly AS.6 WD917/203 was operated by No 1840 Sqn of the RN Volunteer Reserve at Ford in May 1953, when this picture was taken.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly AS.6 WD917 banks gently towards its base at Ford.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

The Firefly AS Mk 6 was externally similar to the Mks 4 and 5 apart from deletion of the wing guns. All armament was carried externally on wing racks.

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

A Firefly AS Mk 6 (WD918).

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-04 / S.Howe - A monument in the sky

This Fairey Firefly Mk VI, WH632, arrived at Mount Hope from Australia in August 1979 and is due to fly again soon.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / P.Jarrett - Grapevine

Battered-looking Fairey Firefly WD883 at Christie's Duxford auction on August 13, 1984 where, to everyone's surprise, its Rolls-Royce Griffon engine was run. The aircraft was sold in the USA after the auction.

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

Firefly AS.6s aboard HMS Eagle, possibly in 1953. The first Firefly AS.6s were received by 814 Sqn in 1951 and were superseded by the Fairey Gannet from 1955.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The prototype Firefly 7, MB757, with a “guess which mark I am today?” look about it. Note the placing of the radiator under the spinner, similar to the Mk I, the revised wing form with elliptical wingtips, double blown canopy for the observers and Mk IV tailplane.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The final Firefly 7 design with a wider-span tailplane and enlarged fin and rudder.
WJ216 was the second of two pre-production Firefly A.S.7s. Note the deletion of the arrester hook in this T.7 version.

Мировая Авиация 195

Под размещение третьего члена экипажа конструкцию Firefly Mk 7 пришлось серьезно изменить, в частности установить вертикальное оперение большей площади. В строевые части Mk 7 так и не поступили.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Final production versions of the Firefly were the T Mk 7.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Final production versions of the Firefly were the U Mk 8.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-03 / D.Webb - Tested & failed (2)

First flown in December 1953, the Firefly U.8 was a modified version of the A.S.7/T.7. It was used as a pilotless target-drone and piloted observer aircraft for guided-missile development. The wingtip pods carried cameras.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The U Mk 8 was developed from the Firefly 7 in 1952 for use as a pilotless drone. Note the wingtip camera pods.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

This unusual picture shows two Firefly U.9s of 728B Sqn based at Hal Far, Malta, in July 1958. The nearest, VT487/590, is pilotless, while VT485/595 is being flown conventionally.

Air Pictorial 1956-06

At Ringway Aerodrome on 20th April, the last Fairey Firefly-U.Mk.8 target drone was formally handed over by Mr. Richard Fairey, General Manager of the Fairey Aviation Company, to Mr. H. M. Kemp, Principal Inspection Officer of the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, who accepted it on behalf of the Ministry of Supply.

Мировая Авиация 195

Самолеты-мишени. Согласно требованиям к скоростным беспилотным мишеням, необходимым для испытаний ракет, 40 самолетов Firefly Mk 7 доработали в вариант U.Mk 8. Вскоре аналогичную модернизацию прошли еще 40 самолетов Mk 7 и Mk 5, эти мишени известны как U.Mk 9 (на фотографии), они использовались до 1961 года.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Last mark designated was the U Mk 9 drone conversion.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Самолеты Fairey Firefly из 820-й эскадрильи голландской морской авиации стреляют ракетами по позициям индонезийских партизан в горных районах Явы к югу от Сурабаи.
It was not only British or Commonwealth Fireflies that flew operationally. Here three Fireflies of the Dutch Navy attack rebel positions in the hills of the Dutch East Indies.

АвиаМастер 2003-02 / М.Жирохов, А.Котлобовский - Небесные войны Индонезии /Горячая точка/ (1)

Полученные от англичан "Файрфлаи" различных модификаций - основная ударная сила голландских ВВС во времена колониальной войны в Индонезии.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

The first export order for Fireflies came from the Royal Netherlands Navy, which bought Mks 1, 4 (photo) and 5.

Aviation Historian 15 / J.Franzi - Smile Please...! /An eye for detail/

The three Marineluchtvaartdienst Fairey Fireflies adorned with shark-mouth markings are readied for flight on the occasion of the type’s retirement from Dutch Navy service at Borokoe, Biak, in December 1961.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A Firefly FR.4 of No 5 Sqn, Dutch Navy, returns from a strike (note empty rocket rails) to Biak in New Guinea in 1960.

Aviation Historian 15 / J.Franzi - Smile Please...! /An eye for detail/

Firefly FR.4 "010” in position as one of two gate guardians at the entrance to the Dutch Navy airfield at Borokoe on Biak. The other was a retired Consolidated Catalina previously on strength with VSQ321. Much of the apron area of Borokoe airfield consisted of bleached coral and was painfully bright under the equatorial sun.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-07 / Personal album

Smart Royal Navy Beech 18, KP110, in gloss black with sky undersurfaces. In the background are Dutch Navy Firefly Mk IVs

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

In late 1947, Fairey moved Firefly production from Heston to Hayes, where this picture of an almost-completed Dutch Navy Firefly FR.4 was taken in April 1948.

Air International 1993-11 / B.van der Klaauw - Going Dutch - the Aviolanda story

Initial post-war activity seen here in 1948 with bus assembly on the left. North American Harvards in the centre, Fairey Fireflies on the right and a Douglas C-47 Dakota in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

The first exported trainer, a T Mk 2 for the Netherlands, converted by Fairey.

Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05

The Indian Navy Fairey Firefly T.T.1, INS 112, was one of five Mk Is so converted,

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Five Firefly Mk Is were converted at Hamble into TT.1s, and delivered to the Indian Navy for target-towing duties in 1954.

Мировая Авиация 195

Экспорт Firefly. После Второй мировой войны Firefly Mk 5 и 6 базировались на авианосцах ВМС Австралии и Канады, а варианты Mk 4 и 5 состояли на вооружении ВМС Нидерландов. Австралийские и голландские самолеты принимали участие в боевых действиях на Дальнем Востоке. В 1950-е годы небольшое количество Firefly Mk 1 закупили Эфиопия и Таиланд, эти самолеты использовались во внутренних конфликтах. Дания, Индия (на фотографии) и Швеция использовали TT.Mk 1 в качестве буксировщиков мишеней по контрактам с гражданскими фирмами.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Target-towing versions: the Indian Navy TT Mk 1

Air Pictorial 1955-05 / Photos by request

One of a number of Fairey Firefly Mk.1s being converted at Hamble as target-towers for tbe Indian Navy.

Air Enthusiast 1972-12 / P.Chopra - Indian ocean air power

One of five Fairey Firefly TT Mk 4s obtained for the Indian Fleet Requirements Unit, supplementing five Firefly Is previously used for target towing.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Other foreign customers included Ethiopia.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-01 / Picture page

These visitors to Aden in 1952 were photographed by Mr. D.B.Trevitt and passed on through Andy Thomas. Firefly FR.1 No.605.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

The first five IEAF Fireflies lined up at the Fairey facility at Ringway, Manchester, in September 1951. 605 at the far end of the line has yet to have its serial applied. In the background are two later variant Fireflies of the Fleet Air Arm.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

IEAF Commander in-Chief, Swedish Count Carl-Gustaf von Rosen, visiting Ringway in company with Swedish officers serving with the IEAF. At the rear is Bo Ekberger, who was in charge of IEAF Firefly maintenance.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

IEAF Colonel Assefa Ayene signs the loghooks of the first batch to accept them from Fairey, watched by Swedish Major Frank Lonnberg and three Ethiopian ferry pilots.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

Swedish mechanic Lennart Jerlstrom on the wing of trainer 619, believed to have been the last operational IEAF Firefly, around 1962. Note the serial repeated on the nose, which was added quite late in the Fireflies' service life.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / J.Miller - Ethiopian treasure

Ethiopian Fireflies in service, with a Saab B17 in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: SAAB B17 - ШвецияSweden - 1940

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1989-01 / Picture page

These visitors to Aden in 1952 were photographed by Mr. D.B.Trevitt and passed on through Andy Thomas.
A general view of the parked SAAB-17As and Firefly FR.1s of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force with No.8 Squadron's Buckmaster in the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Buckmaster / Type 166 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944SAAB B17 - ШвецияSweden - 1940

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

A Firefly in the air over the IEAF main base at Bishoftu, built front scratch in the late 1940s to Swedish specifications.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

The first batch of Fireflies purchased from Fairey included a single T.2 trainer, which proved very useful in Ethiopian service until going unserviceable for a lengthy period.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / J.Miller - Ethiopian treasure

The Firefly T.2 trainer 610, parked outside the Air Force office building at Debrezeit, is also very complete.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Target-towing versions: Royal Danish Air Force TT Mk 1

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A Danish Air Force Firefly TT.1 625 on a sortie. Its early ancestry as an F.I is apparent in the low windscreen and flat pilot’s canopy.

Aviation Historian 2 / J.Forsgren - New Tricks for an Old Seadog

With a typically wintry backdrop Firefly SE-CAU (formerly PP469) awaits another sortie. Following its retirement in 1964 this example was used for firefighting training at Midlanda (now Sundsvall-Harnosand Airport). Its fuselage and centre section are now in Holland, at the Aviodrome Museum in Lelystad, awaiting restoration.

Aviation Historian 5

Skyfame Aircraft Museum founder Peter M. Thomas welcomes the ferry crew of Swedish Fairey Firefly TT.1 SE-BRD/G-ASTL to Skyfame’s base at Staverton on May 28, 1964;

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

One of the Firefly FR.Is supplied to the Royal Canadian Navy was PP402, here clearly displaying its ASH pod.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

The 14 Fireflies sold to Ethiopia by the Royal Canadian Navy on their way to Europe aboard HMCS 'Magnificent' in early 1954. The aircraft still carry their RCN codes.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1992-02 / Picture page

Royal Canadian Navy Firefly FR.4 VH138, coded BD-A, of No.825 Squadron from HMCS Magnificent.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

SIAMESE FIREFLY FR.Mk.1/SF.12 (c/n. F.5645), of the Royal Thai Air Force.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A bombed-up Firefly FR.1 of the Royal Thai Air Force sits ready for a strike on rebel targets.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2001-07 / М.Никольский - Развитие авиации корабельного базирования после Второй мировой войны

"Фарфлай" авиации ВМС Австралии. Самолет несет британские опознавательные знаки

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A batsman in action during a dummy deck landing at Eglinton in Northern Ireland, where No 816 Sqn was re-formed in 1948 as a Royal Australian Navy unit with 12 Firefly FR.4s. The squadron embarked in HMAS Sydney in February 1949, and after re-equipping with Firefly Mk 5s and 6s in 1951, took part in the Monte Bello Islands atomic bomb tests in October of the following year.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-12 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

New to the Australian vintage flying scene is the Royal Australian Navy Museum's Fairey Firefly, which first flew at Nowra, NSW on October 4, 1986.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

The Royal Australian Navy training conversion of a Firefly 5.

Air Enthusiast 1972-07 / J.Vella - Moorabbin's museum /Veteran & Vintage/

The airworthy Firefly TT Mk 6 WD828 undergoing an engine run at Moorabbin.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A pair of RAN Firefly target tugs of No 851 Sqn from Nowra drop in at Bankstown Airport near Sydney.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / Grapevine

Australian warbird movement is this Fairey Firefly TT.6 WD828, seen here at Mascot. Inscribed on the rear fuselage is Eureka Aviation Museum & Confederate Air Force (Australian Wing). The Mickey Mouse logo is presumably some reference to Mike Wansey, the aircraft's owner.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12 / Heston /Gone but not forgotten/ (6)

The changed face of Heston in February 1946, with a Fairey Spearfish at left and Fairey Fireflies awaiting flight testing.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Spearfish - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1945

Air Pictorial 1956-03 / Photos by request

This crop-spraying Cessna Model 180 (VH-BQD) is owned by Hazelton Air Charter & Taxi Service of Toogong, N.S.W. Note strut-mounted rotary brushes and underwing tanks. In the background are Sea Furies and Fireflies.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Cessna 180/185 Skywagon / U-17 - СШАUSA - 1953Hawker Fury / Sea Fury - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Air Enthusiast 1997-03 / M.Davey - Pacific Naval War

Lt Bradbury inverting his 894 Squadron Seafire III on HMS ‘Indefatigable’, 1944. Avenger and Firefly to the right

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - СШАUSA - 1941Supermarine Seafire - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Air Enthusiast 2006-07 / Round-Out

Five Fireflies FR.Is stored at Hato airfield, Curacao, in December 1955. The original caption read (translated): ‘Storage of the Fireflies which were destined for Abyssinia'. The caption for another shot of the same lot states: ‘The Fireflies to be written off. Both strong indications that no Mk.Is from Curacao were sent to Ethiopia.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The Rolls-Royce Griffon 74 was a two-speed, two-stage supercharged engine built to a Royal Navy requirement, specifically for the Firefly IV.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The Firefly was capable of carrying an impressive range of armament and equipment under the wings. For ground-attack, the aircraft could be fitted with various combinations of bombs and rocket projectiles (RPs), and mines or depth charges with AN/ARR-3 sonobuoys for the anti-submarine role.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The wide wheel track on the Firefly gave good stability for operations from a carrier deck. This example is one of 40 FR.4s built for the Dutch Navy.

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

According to one pilot, the Firefly cockpit was totally disorganised, although it retained the standard blind-flying panel. This meant scanning the instruments constantly, instead of sweeping left to right as normal.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / J.Miller - Ethiopian treasure

The pilot’s cockpit of Fairey Firefly FR.1 612 at Lideta in the heart of Addis Ababa, complete with gunsight and all of its instruments.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Fairey T.7 rear cockpit

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-02 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Fairey Firefly DK545 baking under the African sun in Eritrea last May.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

The sight that met the Canadian recovery team in Asmara, Eritrea in 1993, where two Fireflies were standing in revetments at the air base. This is ex DK545, currently with the Canadian National Aviation Museum.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Australian Fairey Firefly WD828 sags forlornly after break­ing its back at Camden, NSW.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-04 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Bent Fairey Firefly WD828 has been moved to Bankstown, NSW, Australia by owners Classic Aviation, who have long-term intentions to put it back into the air. It crashed at Camden, NSW on December 5, 1987.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly AS.6 WD833 under restoration in the USA by Gene Fisher in the 1970s. It is still being worked on by its new owners today.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A Firefly FR.4 suffers a broken port undercarriage leg during a deck landing on an unidentified Royal Navy carrier. Because the tailwheel was fully castoring, it was highly directionally unstable, making it easy to write off the undercarriage during the landing run.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / H.M.S. Ravager

A Firefly I of 768 Squadron tips up, 4.6.45

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

A 810 Squadron aircraft ends up in the barrier aboard Theseus, probably the incident to VG964 on 20 September 1948

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1986-04 / H.M.S. Ravager

Firefly I Z1959 of 768 Squadron after crashlanding

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-02 / Personal album

Incident to Fairey Firefly

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1991-02 / Picture page

A Firefly FR.1 of No.827 Squadron takes the barrier aboard HMS Triumph off Hong Kong. Note the undercarriage legs in the foreground. Serial is not know but a happier picture appears on page 282 of "The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm".

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

218/GN of 737 Squadron, possibly TW739, bellylands

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-02 / Personal album

The incident involved aircraft PP645 which hit the barrier in May 1947.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG982 after crashlanding. Major damage but apparently not terminal. The circumstances do not seem to relate to anything in the tables

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1996-02 / Picture pages

Firefly AS.5 Q/223 of No. 814 Squadron is removed after losing a leg on landing on Vengeance in 1949

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

A flak-damaged Firefly FR.1 of 1770 Sqn is rapidly moved forward on HMS Indefatigable to make way for the next aircraft to land on.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1996-02 / Picture pages

Where does one start clearing up? This appears to be the problem facing the deck crew aboard Ocean as they contemplate the effects of a Firefly hurdling the barrier into the deck park. Details required.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / Personal album. Military

Fairey Firefly I DK433 was one of 132 Firefly Is built by General Aircraft Ltd at Hanworth. It is seen at RNAS Bankstown, NSW, Australia, following a mishap in 1945.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-01 / R.Williams - The Navy's Northern Reservists (2)

Firefly AS5 WB248/284/ST of 1841 Squadron after crash, landing at Hal Far, Malta, August 23, 1954.

Aviation Historian 2 / J.Forsgren - New Tricks for an Old Seadog

You never know until you try it! - Firefly SE-CAW is towed along the ice of the Stockholm archipelago after its belly-landing in February 1963. It was repaired and returned to service and is currently on loan to the Royal Danish Air Force Museum.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Piasecki H-21 Shawnee - СШАUSA - 1952

Aviation Historian 2 / J.Forsgren - New Tricks for an Old Seadog

Firefly SE-BRF (originally DT986 in Fleet ir Arm service) after its forced landing at Kastrup n January 13, 1950. It was repaired, only to be written off in another accident near Uto, on November 24, 1954. Unusually, this Firefly appears not to have been fitted with the wing-mounted fuel tanks at the time of the landing accident.

Aviation Historian 5

Three stages in the recovery of TT.1 SE-BRL following its ditching off Halmstad on September 28, 1963.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

This more or less intact Firefly FR.I, 616, left behind by the Canadians in 1993, may still be at Asmara.

Aeroplane Monthly 1996-07 / J.Miller - Ethiopian treasure

Firefly FR.1 612 at Lideta, where it had formed part of a small outdoor “museum”. Although its propeller was in a poor state, the engine could still be turned by hand.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

Also at Asmara in 1993 were the fuselages and centre sections of one of the Firefly FR.Is bought from Fairey in 1951-1952 and one of the ex-Canadian trainers.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

Second Firefly casualty in actual IEAF service (not counting the ill-fated second delivery flight) was trainer 615, which overran the runway at Bishoftu, probably in 1957.

Air Enthusiast 2006-03 / L.Hellstrom - Imperial Fireflies /Air forces and air arms/

IEAF personnel salvage what useable parts remain on the burnt-out airframe of 615.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

These Firefly relics were photographed in a scrapyard at Failsworth, Lancs. Most were saved to become cockpit exhibits.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-01 / D.Middleton - Sammy Wroath /Test Pilot Profile/ (15)

A varied formation up from the Empire Test Pilots School at Boscombe. Nearest the camera is D.H. Vampire FB.5 VV672, with Meteor F.4 VW303, Lincoln B.2 RF538, a Mosquito and a Firefly stretching away into the distance.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944De Havilland Mosquito B / D.H.98 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1940De Havilland Vampire / D.H.100 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943Gloster Meteor / G.41 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1943

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Firefly F Mk I

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

Fairey Firefly FR Mk I

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

Fairey Firefly FR Mk 4

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

LEFT Artist J.H. Clark of The Aeroplane drew this sketch in 1945 to illustrate how the Firefly’s fuselage was built in two halves, and then joined along a vertical axis - the first metal aircraft to feature this construction method.
RIGHT A diagram of the outer wing structure of the Firefly, which incorporated a new design of wing-folding joint which gave a positive lock of great strength.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The massive one-piece centre section of the Firefly wing was offered up to a corresponding recess in the fuselage, and provided impressive strength. Note the additional view of the wing-folding hinge pick-up at A.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The Firefly IV was essentially the same as the previous marks, other than that a 2,245 h.p. Griffon 74 engine was installed, and the coolant and oil radiators shifted to the leading edge.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The Fairey-Youngman flaps fitted to the Firefly were fully retractable, unlike those on the Fairey Barracuda, and gave the Firefly remarkable performance in the turn.

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

The first two stages in the development of the Firefly. The top drawing is the design offered by Chaplin to the revised specification N.9/39, and the bottom the interim design taking in the requirements of the new N.5/40 specification.

Air Enthusiast 1972-06 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (2)

Principal variants of the Firefly.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly I.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1946 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Fairey Firefly Two-seat Naval Fighter.

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

Firefly F Mk I

Air International 1979-01 / Fighter A to Z

The general arrangement drawing depicts the standard Firefly F Mk I

Моделист-Конструктор Морские самолеты палубного и берегового базирования Второй мировой войны

Fairey Firefly FR.I

Air International 1979-01 / Fighter A to Z

The Firefly FR Mk IV which, with dipped wings, the first production model with the two-stage Griffon.

Air International 1979-07 / E.Brown - A Shipboard Luminary ... Fairey's Final Fighter /Viewed from the Cockpit/

Firefly FR Mk IV

Aeroplane Monthly 2001-12 / B.Harrison - Fairey Firefly /Database/ (14)

Fairey Firefly FR.4

Мировая Авиация 123

Fairey Firefly Mk V

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1995-04 / Fairey Firefly IV

VG981 of No.737 Squadron
Early colours: extra dark sea grey to bottom of fuselage; sky undersides
Later colours: sky extended to shoulder position
Target tug: silver top and sides; yellow undersides with black stripes

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-10 / Fairey Firefly Mark 5 /Preservation Profile/ (54)

Air Enthusiast 1972-03 / ??? - Firefly: A masterpiece for the matelots (1)

A Fairey Firefly F Mk I (DT934) of No 1770 Squadron operating from HMS Indefatigable in the Pasific, Spring 1945.

Мировая Авиация 195

Мировая Авиация 195