Fairey Battle
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The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber used by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II, noted for its heavy losses in combat due to inadequate performance against modern fighters.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
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light bomber → military aircraft → single‑engine aircraft → |
| aircraftCategory |
single‑engine bomber
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| armament |
forward‑firing 0.303 in Browning machine gun
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rear 0.303 in Vickers K machine gun → |
| bombLoad |
up to 1,000 lb of bombs
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| crew |
3
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| crewPositions |
observer
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pilot → wireless operator‑air gunner → |
| designedFor |
daylight precision bombing
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| designEra |
interwar period
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| engineConfiguration |
liquid‑cooled V‑12 piston engine
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| engineType |
Rolls‑Royce Merlin
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| enteredService |
1937
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| firstFlightDate |
1936-03-10
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| introduced |
1937
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| landingGear |
retractable tailwheel landing gear
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| manufacturer |
Fairey Aviation Company
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| maxSpeed |
around 257 mph at altitude
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| notableFor |
heavy losses in combat
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inadequate performance against modern fighters → |
| numberOfEngines |
1
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| operator |
No. 103 Squadron RAF
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No. 12 Squadron RAF → No. 226 Squadron RAF → |
| primaryUser |
Royal Air Force
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| retired |
1949
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| role |
light bomber
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| status |
retired from military service
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| successor |
Bristol Beaufighter (in some roles)
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Bristol Blenheim → Douglas Boston → |
| survivors |
several preserved in museums
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| usedAs |
ground attack aircraft
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target tug → trainer aircraft → |
| usedBy |
Belgian Air Force
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Royal Air Force → Royal Canadian Air Force → South African Air Force → |
| usedInConflict |
Second World War
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| usedInTheatre |
Battle of France
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Western Front (World War II) → |
| wingConfiguration |
low‑wing monoplane
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Rolls-Royce Merlin
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