Fairey Barracuda

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carrier-borne aircraft dive bomber torpedo bomber

The Fairey Barracuda was a British World War II carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

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Label Occurrences
Fairey Barracuda canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-borne aircraft ⓘ
dive bomber ⓘ
torpedo bomber ⓘ
armamentOption bombs ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designedAsReplacementFor Fairey Albacore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fairey Swordfish NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
firstFlight 1940-12-07 ⓘ
introduced 1943 ⓘ
launchPlatform aircraft carrier ⓘ
manufacturer Fairey Aviation Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Tungsten NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTarget German battleship Tirpitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force (limited use) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Canadian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
powerplant Rolls-Royce Merlin engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Fairey Albacore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fairey Swordfish NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole torpedo bomber ⓘ
propulsionType piston engine ⓘ
retired 1953 ⓘ
secondaryRole dive bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Fairey Firefly NERFINISHED ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
undercarriage retractable landing gear ⓘ
usedBy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
usedInTheatre European theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
variant Fairey Barracuda Mk I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fairey Barracuda Mk II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fairey Barracuda Mk III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fairey Barracuda Mk V NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairey Aviation Company → notableProduct → Fairey Barracuda ⓘ
813 Naval Air Squadron → aircraftOperated → Fairey Barracuda ⓘ
827 Naval Air Squadron → aircraftOperated → Fairey Barracuda ⓘ
aircraft carrier HMS Victorious → aircraftOperated → Fairey Barracuda ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Victorious