Showing posts with label Dunkirk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dunkirk. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

THE BLACKBURN B-24 SKUA

 

The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a British

Carrier-borne two-seater single-engine

Low-wing Naval dive bomber and fighter

The aircraft took its name from the sea bird

Which 'divebombs' any potential predators

They served with the Fleet Air Arm

During the Allied campaign in Norway,

As well as the evacuations from Dunkirk

Later in the war it reverted to a training role

The Skua was withdrawn altogether 1945

THE BLACKBURN ROC

 

The Blackburn B-25 Roc was a British

Carrier-borne single-engine naval fighter

Named after the mythical bird of the Arabian Nights,

And primarily served with the Fleet Air Arm

During the Allied campaign in Norway,

As well as the evacuations from Dunkirk

Later in the war it reverted to a training role

The Roc was withdrawn altogether during 1943

THE BLACKBURN SHARK

 

The Blackburn Shark was a British

Carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber

Primarily serving with the Fleet Air Arm

Despite reaching obsolescence in 1937

They still played an active combat role

At Dunkirk and in the Pacific theatre

The Sharks were finally retired in 1945

HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - ANNE-MARIE WALTERS MBE, CdG, MdlR

  She was born in Switzerland But worked for the French Resistance Under the Codename “Colette” From January 1944 until August 1944 ...