The Fairey Firefly was a British carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) used during World War II.
For the British single-seat biplane fighter of the 1930s, see Fairey Firefly II. Please replace links to Wikipedia in this article with links to this wiki. Only do this if these links relate to the wiki subject. Thank you! The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA).
The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was superior in performance and firepower to its predecessor, the Fulmar, but only entered operational service towards the end of the war. Designed around the contemporary FAA concept of a two-seat fleet reconnaissance/fighter, the pilot and navigator/weapons officer were housed in separate stations. The design proved to be sturdy, long-ranging and docile in carrier operations, although the limitations of a single engine in a heavy airframe reduced overall performance.