Fairey Battle

Fairey Battle ("Bitka") je bil enomotorni propelerski lovski bombnik, ki ga je razvil britanski Fairey Aviation Company v 1930ih za potrebe Kraljevih letalskih sil. Poganjal ga je Rolls-Royce Merlin V12, ki se je kasneje uporabljal na lovcih Hawker Hurricane in Supermarine Spitfire. Battle je bil velik korak naprej od prejšnjih letal, vendar pa je bil v primerjavi z lovci iz 2. svetovnne vojne počasen, slabo zaščiten in je imel majhen dolet, zato so ga hitro upokojili.

Fairey Battle
Trener Fairey Battle
Vloga	Lovski bombnik
Izvor	Združeno kraljestvo
Proizvajalec/-ci	Fairey Aviation Company
Oblikovalec	Marcel Lobelle
Krstni polet	10. marec 1936
Predstavljen	Junij 1937
Upokojen	1949
Status	Upokojen
Glavni uporabniki	Kraljeve letalske sile Belgijske letalske sile Kraljeve avstralske letalske sile Kraljeve kanadske letalske sile
Izdelovan	1937-1940
Število izdelanih	2185

Formacija

Specifikacije (Mk.II)

Orografska projekcija

Podatki iz Fairey Aircraft since 1915; Taylor 1974, p. 283.

Splošne karakteristike

• Posadka: 3
• Dolžina: 42 ft 4 in (12,91 m)
• Razpon kril: 54 ft 0 in (16,46 m)
• Višina: 15 ft 6 in (4,72 m)
• Površina kril: 422 ft² (39,2 m²)
• Teža praznega letala: 6647 lb (3015 kg)
• Naložena teža: 10792 lb (4895 kg)
• Pogon letala: 1 × tekočinsko haljeni 12-valjni V-motor Rolls-Royce Merlin II, 1030 KM (768 kW)

Zmogljivost

• Maks. hitrost: 257 mph (223 vozlov, 413 km/h) na višini 15.000 ft (4.600 m)
• Doseg: 1000 milj (870 nmi, 1610 km)
• Višina leta: 25000 ft (7620 m)
  
• Čas do višine 1500 m: 4 min 6 sek

Oborožitev

• Strelno orožje:
  
  • 1× 7,7 mm M1919 Browning strojnica v desnem krilu
  • 1× 7,7 mm Vickers K strojnica v zadnjem kokpitu
• Bombe:
  
  • 4× 250 lb (110 kg) bombe v notranjosti
  • 500 lb (230 kg) bomb na zunanjih nosilcih

Glej tudi

• Fairey P.4/34
• Fairey Fulmar
• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.29
• Mitsubishi Ki-30
• Northrop A-17
• Kawasaki Ki-32
• Suhoj Su-2

Bibliografija

• Boyne, Walter J. (1994). Clash of Wings. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83915-6.
• "Elegantly Obsolete...the Fairey Battle". Air International, Vol. 20, No. 3, March 1981, pp. 127–134. ISSN 0306-5634.
• Ethell, L. Jeffrey. Aircraft of World War II. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. ISBN 0-00-470849-0.
• Garcia, Dionisio. "Air Force on the Edge: Belgian Military Aviation in 1940". Air Enthusiast, No. 96, November/December 2001, pp. 65–68. Stamford, Lincs, UK: Key Publishing.
• Gifford, Simon. "Lost Battles: The Carnage of May 10 to May 16, 1940". Air Enthusiast, No. 109, January/February 2004, pp. 18–25. Stamford, Lincs, UK: Key Publishing.
• Huntley, Ian D. Fairey Battle, Aviation Guide 1. Bedford, UK: SAM Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-9533465-9-5.
• Lever, John. Fairey Battle in the RAAF. Koorlong, Victoria, Australia: John Lever, 2002. ISBN 1-876709-07-3.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
• March, Daniel J. (1998). British Warplanes of World War II. London: Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-874023-92-1.
• Mason, Francis K. (1994). The British Bomber since 1914. London: Putnam. ISBN 9780851778617.
• Matricardi, Paolo. Aerei Militari: Bombardieri e da trasporto (in Italian). Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2006. No ISBN.
• Molson, Kenneth M. et al. Canada's National Aviation Museum: Its History and Collections. Ottawa: National Aviation Museum, 1988. ISBN 978-0-660-12001-0.
• Moyes, Philip, J.R. "The Fairey Battle." Aircraft in Profile, Volume 2 (nos. 25–48). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications, 1971. ISBN 0-85383-011-8.
• Moyes, Philip, J.R. Royal Air Force Bombers of World War II (Volume 1). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Hylton Lacey Publishers Ltd., 1968. ISBN 0-85064-051-2.
• Neulen, Hans Werner. In the Skies of Europe: Air Forces Allied to the Luftwaffe 1939-1945. Ramsbury, Marlborough, UK: The Crowood Press, 1998. ISBN 1-86126-799-1.
• Pacco, John. "Fairey Battle" Belgisch Leger/Armee Belge: Het Militair Vliegwezen/l'Aeronautique Militare 1930-1940 (bilingual French/Dutch). Aartselaar, Belgium: J.P. Publications, 2003, pp. 52–55. ISBN 90-801136-6-2.
• Richards, Denis. The Hardest Victory: RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War. London: Coronet, 1995. ISBN 0-340-61720-9.
• Richards, Denis. Royal Air Force 1939–1945: Volume I, The Fight At Odds. London: HMSO, 1953.
• Shaile, Sidney and Ray Sturtivant. The Battle File. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1998. ISBN 0-85130-225-4.
• Taylor, H. R. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-00065-X.
• Taylor, John W.R. (1969). "Fairey Battle." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: GP Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.
• Willis, David. "Battles for Power." Flypast, January 2009.

Zunanje povezave

• Austin & Longbridge Aircraft Production
• "Designed for mass-production." Flight, 19 August 1937
• "Building the Battle." Flight, 17 June 1937