Canadian Warplanes 5: Fairey Firefly, RCN
Fairey Firefly (RCN Photo courtesy of the Shearwater Aviation Museum) Fairey Firefly Mk. V, RCN. ca. 1949. The Firefly was designed by Fairey Aviation, UK, in 1940 to meet a British Admiralty requirement for a carrier borne, fighter reconnaissance aircraft. The Firefly prototype first flew in December 1941 from Fairey’s Great West Aerodrome, (now Heathrow … Read more