Fairey Battle

The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was 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 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 such as the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire. As the Battle, with its three-man crew and bomb load, was much heavier than the fighters, it was therefore much slower. Though a great improvement over the aircraft that preceded it, its relatively slow speed, limited range and inadequate defensive armament of only two .303 (7.7 mm) machine guns left it highly vulnerable to enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire.

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1937 — 1949  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle; Battle aircraft; Battle bomber
2185 produced, 
bomber with 1 tractor propeller, light bomber, Royal Air Force, Fairey Aviation Company, 

Battle I, Battle II, Battle TT.Mk I, Battle V, Heinkel He 45, Kawasaki Type 88 Type 88, light bomber, 

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  Battle I ⓘ
  light bomber aircraft model by Fairey

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  Battle II ⓘ
  light bomber aircraft model by Fairey

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  Battle TT.Mk I ⓘ
  target tug aircraft model by Fairey

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  Battle V ⓘ
  light bomber aircraft model by Fairey

Frameless

Fairey Battle MH3306

Fairey Battle - The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C284

The Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1945. CH589

Fairey Battle - Royal Air Force- France 1939-1940. C788

The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C174

Fairey Battle, Australia - Air Force AN0587196

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. C1097

Fairey Battle - The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 C454

Fairey Battle ExCC

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. C1534

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		Battle I	Fairey Battle	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Battle II	Fairey Battle	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Battle TT.Mk I	Fairey Battle	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Battle V	Fairey Battle	Wikidata
commons	image		Fairey Battle MH3306		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Battle - The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C284		Commons
commons	image		The Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1945. CH589		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Battle - Royal Air Force- France 1939-1940. C788		Commons
commons	image		The British Expeditionary Force (bef) in France 1939-1940 C174		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Battle, Australia - Air Force AN0587196		Commons
commons	image		Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. C1097		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Battle - The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany 1939-1945 C454		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Battle ExCC		Commons
commons	image		Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. C1534		Commons