The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane aircraft, as well as the first …

2022年8月13日 · The Blackburn Skua was the first monoplane of the Fleet Air Arm and thus represented a leap forward. It was also a combined fighter/dive bomber due to the small squadrons aboard British Aircraft Carriers. Unlike the Roc was was also a combined fighter-Bomber, she saw longer service although removed from the frontline in 1941.

The Blackburn Aircraft Company B-24 Skua was a shipboard two-seat fighter / dive bomber designed to meet Air Ministry Specification O.27/34. It was an all-metal (duralumin) low-wing, stressed-skin monoplane with wings that folded to the rear around an inclined hinge, just outboard of the undercarriage legs.

The Blackburn Skua was a fighter/dive-bomber/fleet scout used by the British Royal Navy in the early years of World War II. All but forgotten now, the Skua was flown in combat over Norway, the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Mediterranean. During the Norwegian campagn alone Skuas are verified as having destroyed at least 40 enemy aircraft.

The Blackburn Skua was not a groundbreaking aircraft but served as the Fleet Air Arm's first monoplane capable of both dive bombing and aerial combat. Its dual role was both a demonstration of innovation and a compromise of necessity, juggling precision strikes with the versatility needed for reconnaissance and fighter missions.

2017年10月24日 · The Blackburn "Skua" (B-24) was a pre-World War 2 naval (carrier-capable) two-seat, single-engine dive bomber / fighter design of Britain. The aircraft was designed by G.E. Petty and first-flew in prototype form on February 9th, 1937, saw series introduction in November of 1938 and fought on until 1941 by which time it was made obsolete as a ...

The Blackburn Skua was the first monoplane of the Fleet Air Arm and thus represented a leap forward. It was also a combined fighter/dive bomber due to the small squadrons aboard British Aircraft Carriers. Unlike the Roc was was also a combined fighter-Bomber, she saw longer service although removed from the frontline in 1941.

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.

The Skua was a low-wing monoplane with a distinctive 'greenhouse' cockpit. Originally intended to act also as two-seat fighter, it was clearly unsuitable for that role. The German cruiser Koenigsberg had the dubious honour, on 10 April 1940, to be the first large warship sunk by aircraft --- 16 Skuas.

2007年11月22日 · The Blackburn Skua was the first monoplane aircraft to enter service with the Fleet Air Arm, in late 1938. It was still the only monoplane serving with the fleet at the start of the Second World War, and remained the only naval dive …