This Day in Aviation History
February 7th, 1937
First flight of the Blackburn B-24 Skua.

The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft operated by the British Fleet Air Arm which combined the functions of a dive bomber and fighter. It was designed in the mid-1930s and saw service in the early part of the Second World War. It took its name from the seabird.

Built to Air Ministry specification O.27/34, it was a low-wing monoplane of all-metal (duralumin) construction, with a retractable undercarriage and enclosed cockpit. It was the Fleet Air Arm’s first service monoplane and was a radical departure for a force that was primarily equipped with open-cockpit biplanes such as the Fairey Swordfish….

Source:
Wikipedia, Blackburn B-24 Skua: http://gstv.us/20Osew4

YouTube, Operation Skua: http://gstv.us/20OsfjB

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