Fairey Battle

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World War II aircraft light bomber military aircraft single‑engine aircraft

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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Label Occurrences
Fairey Battle canonical 6
Fairey Battle (some variants) 1
Fairey Battle (testbed) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory single‑engine bomber ⓘ
armament forward‑firing 0.303 in Browning machine gun ⓘ
rear 0.303 in Vickers K machine gun ⓘ
bombLoad up to 1,000 lb of bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
crewPositions observer ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
wireless operator‑air gunner ⓘ
designedFor daylight precision bombing ⓘ
designEra interwar period ⓘ
engineConfiguration liquid‑cooled V‑12 piston engine ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Merlin
enteredService 1937 ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1936-03-10 ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Fairey Aviation Company ⓘ
maxSpeed around 257 mph at altitude ⓘ
notableFor heavy losses in combat ⓘ
inadequate performance against modern fighters ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator No. 103 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 12 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 226 Squadron RAF ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
retired 1949 ⓘ
role light bomber ⓘ
status retired from military service ⓘ
successor Bristol Beaufighter ⓘ
surface form: Bristol Beaufighter (in some roles)

Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Douglas Boston ⓘ
survivors several preserved in museums ⓘ
usedAs ground attack aircraft ⓘ
target tug ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
usedBy Belgian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
usedInTheatre Battle of France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War II)
wingConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Rolls-Royce Merlin → notableAircraftPowered → Fairey Battle ⓘ
No. 207 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraftType → Fairey Battle ⓘ
Fairey Aviation Company → notableProduct → Fairey Battle ⓘ
No. 12 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Fairey Battle ⓘ
No. 226 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Fairey Battle ⓘ
Rolls‑Royce Vulture engine → usedInAircraft → Fairey Battle ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Vulture
this entity surface form: Fairey Battle (testbed)
No. 15 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Fairey Battle ⓘ
Bristol Mercury radial engine → poweredAircraft → Fairey Battle ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Mercury
this entity surface form: Fairey Battle (some variants)