File:100 years of the RAF MOD 45163637.jpg

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English: Pictured are trainees manhandling a Fairey Battle to a hangar at 2 School of Technical Training at Cosford, Shropshire, in March 1940.

The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the mid-1930s for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a monoplane successor to the earlier Hawker Hart and Hind biplanes.

The Battle was powered by the same high-performance Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that powered various contemporary British fighters. However the Battle was significantly heavier, with its three-man crew and bomb load. Though a great improvement over the aircraft that preceded it, the Battle was relatively slow and limited in range. With only two .303 in machine guns as defensive armament, it was found to be highly vulnerable to enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire.

  • Some of these images have had some dodging and burning done and have been retouched to remove detritus and dust and scratch marks only*
  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: C-860
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Aircraft, Equipment, People, Historic
  • Keywords: WWII, World War Two, War, RAF Cosford, RAF Stations (UK), Light Bomber, Aircraft, Equipment, Historic, Royal Air Force, RAF, Historic Aircraft, Fighter, Fairey Battle, Bomber, Black and White, B&W, RAF 100
  • Country: UK
Date Taken in March 1940 2018-02-14 15:28:17
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Author Air Historical Branch-RAF
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