The Fairey Firefly two-seater strike-fighter emerged from troubled beginnings to become one of the most widely used and effective aircraft of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It first saw service in 1944 during the attacks on the battleship Tirpitz as it lurked in the Norwegian fjords, then served in the Far East as the Fleet Air Arm tussled with the kamikaze threat. It went on to form an important part of several embryonic naval air arms in the early years of the Cold War and performed a vital combat role in Korea in the early 1950s. In this book, naval aviation historian Matthew Willis tells the story of this important aircraft using more than 160 photographs, many of them rare or unpublished, accompanied by a detailed commentary covering every aspect of the Firefly's varied career from fighter to sub-hunter to pilotless target drone, in air forces all over the world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Key Publishing LTD
ISBN-13
9781913295899
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26046635726
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fairey Firefly
Author
Matthew Willis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Aircraft
Publication Year
2020
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
243mm
Item Width
170mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Matthew Willis
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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