A multy role fighter aircraft from United Kingdom.
Video about it here https://youtu.be/3pk8AUPoeCU
The Fulmar was one of several British aircraft to participate in the North African Campaign. During September 1940, the Fulmar first saw action while flying convoy protection patrols to and from the island of Malta. When reinforcements were being dispatched to Malta, Fulmars guided flights of carrier-launched Hurricane and Spitfire fighters.[citation needed ] The relatively sturdy Fulmar was able to achieve dozens of victories against its Italian and German adversaries.[21] The first recorded kill by a Fulmar was scored on 2 September 1940.[19] By October of that year, Fulmar pilots had claimed the shooting down of ten Italian bombers.[11] The type proved particularly effective against Italian reconnaissance aircraft.[22] Later on, thirteen Fulmars onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable also participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan, strafing the battleship Vittorio Veneto whilst trying to draw fire away from the attacking Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers.[3][23]
The Fulmar was also deployed in other theatres, including the Eastern Front. The type was a common constituent of the numerous Arctic convoys of World War II. Fulmars also played a prominent role in Operation EF, the ill-fated air raid on Axis-held facilities Kirkenes and Petsamo conducted during July 1941.[11] During early 1942, multiple Fulmar-equipped squadrons were deployed to the Pacific Theatre against the Japanese Empire, while two squadrons were dispatched to defend Ceylon. On engaging with the nimble and lightly armoured Mitsubishi A6M fighter, the Fulmar quickly proved to have been outclassed against the Zero and six Fulmars were lost in exchange for four Aichi D3A “Vals” and one Nakajima B5N “Kate”.[24][25][26] Despite this, more Fulmars were dispatched to the Far East.[27]
Throughout 1942, the Fulmar was being gradually replaced as a naval fighter by single-seat aircraft that had been adapted from land fighters, such as the British Hawker Sea Hurricane and Supermarine Seafire, or the American Grumman Martlet, which was designed as a carrier aircraft from the start.[5] The Fulmar was to figure prominently in the Mediterranean during 1941 and 1942 as the primary fighter of the Fleet Air Arm for most of the Malta convoys during those years. Sixteen Fulmars were present on Victorious during the penultimate Operation Pedestal which was to be their last major carrier borne operation. The type continued to be operated, providing useful service as a night convoy escort and intruder, it was also used to train crews for the newer and more advanced Fairey Barracuda. Following their withdrawal from the fighter role, Fulmars were used for long-range reconnaissance missions. Unarmed Fulmars would also see service in Africa as communications and despatch aircraft.[28]
At its peak, twenty squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm were equipped with the Fulmar. It flew from eight fleet aircraft carriers and five escort carriers. No. 273 Squadron RAF operated them for some months in 1942 from China Bay, Ceylon, seeing action against Japanese forces during the Indian Ocean raid on 9 April 1942, though about half the squadron personnel were Navy.[29] Fulmars are recorded as having destroyed 112 enemy aircraft against the loss of 40 Fulmars,[30] which made the type the leading fighter type in terms of aircraft shot down to be operated by the Fleet Air Arm during the war. In February 1945, the Fulmar was withdrawn from front line service; the last operational aircraft, a Fulmar MK II night-fighter from No. 813 Squadron, was severely damaged in a landing accident at the safety barrier on HMS Campania and was written off.[31]
Approximately 100 Fulmars were converted to a night fighter variant but the type achieved only limited success in this role.[18] Some of the early marks of the aircraft were also operated from CAM ships.[32] Vichy French forces reportedly captured a Fulmar Mk I, which had been forced to land while flying a reconnaissance mission over Senegal during March 1941. This Fulmar was repaired and operated for some time by the Group de Chasse I/4.[33]
According to pilots, its flight characteristics were considered to be pleasant, while its widely spaced undercarriage provided good deck handling and it had excellent fuel capacity and range. Most Fleet Air Arm fighter aces scored at least some of their victories while flying Fulmars; the first pilot to score five kills while flying the type was Sub-Lieutenant Jackie Sewell.[34] Sub-Lieutenant Stanley Orr finished the war with twelve confirmed air victories, the third-highest scoring pilot in the FAA.[citation needed ]
Fairey Fulmar - Wikipedia
Fulmar Mk I landing on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, 1941
Specifications (Fulmar Mk II)
Data from Fairey Fulmar, Warpaint Series No.41,[16] The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II,[3][37]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 40 ft 2 in (12.24 m)
- Wingspan: 46 ft 4.25 in (14.1288 m)
- Height: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
- Wing area: 342 sq ft (31.8 m2)
- Airfoil: root: NACA 2418; tip: NACA 2409[38]
- Empty weight: 7,015 lb (3,182 kg)
- Gross weight: 9,672 lb (4,387 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 10,200 lb (4,627 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 30 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 1,300 hp (970 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed Rotol constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 272 mph (438 km/h, 236 kn) at 7,250 ft (2,210 m)
- Cruise speed: 235 mph (378 km/h, 204 kn)
- Range: 780 mi (1,260 km, 680 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 27,200 ft (8,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 28 lb/sq ft (140 kg/m2)
Armament
- 8 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) or 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns wing-mounted,[13][35] and occasionally 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine gun in rear cabin
- 2 × 100 lb (45 kg) or 250 lb (110 kg) bombs
I think the better option would be the 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns wing-mounted, and a secondary 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine gun in rear cabin.
It was also supposed to carry two 250lb bombs.
I think this would be most likely be the best.
Armoured Aircraft Carriers
I think it would be best in Battle Rating 1 or max 2.
Other Idears from me
Back to topic
- Yes Fairey Fulmar
- No Fairey Fulmar
If yes, as what ?
There could multyple versions of this with different weapon loads.
And multyple variants.
- Event with squad
- Event without a squad
- Tech Tree
- Premium
Stuff like!
Criticism, complaints, Ideas, questions, other, opinions,
Please down below ( in the comments) (replies) .