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Following
the
trtunph
of
the
aircraft-cawier
duringWorld
War
II,
naval
aviation
continued throughout
the
1950s as
a
major
component of Western
military
power.
The
aircraft
advanced
in technology
as
quickly
as
their land-based
cotnfierparts,
and
utere
soon
back
in
aetion over
Korea and
theSuezCanal,
With regard
to seaborne aviation
the
1950s
probably represented
the
post-war zenith, several nations
(including
Australia, Canada,
France,
the
Netherlands,
UK
and USA) all
owning
and
operating aircraft carriers,
and
also
using these on several occasions to
project air power
across
distances of several thousand miles; Korea and
Suez
represented
just
two examples of
carrier
air power
at work,
It
was
also
a
time
of
great
innovation
as
far
as
equipment embarked
on
these
floating arrfields was concerned,
with jet-powered
types begin-
ning
to
take the
place
of
such
war-weary veterans
as
the
Vought Corsair
and
Supermarlne Seafire,
Indeed, the decade
wrtnessed
a quite re-
markable
transformation
in
terms of performance, Nowhere was
this
change more evrdent than in the
US
Navy
whrch pioneered
je'r
opera-
:rons
at
sea:
at
the
start of
the
1950s
jet
arrcraft
performance
was only
margrnaily better
than that
of the
piston era, but
by
the end
of
the
decade
the
US
Nauy had
introduced
an
aircraft capable ofsustained supersonic
speed ln level
fllght
(the Vought
F8U
Crusader)
and was
looking ahead
Immediately after thewar,
mostof
the
carrier
forces employed
highly
d eve
lop
e
d
pis
ton- engine d air cr
aft
such as
the
HawkerSeaFury.
These
were
soon
joined by jets.
less than
four
examples
of the
truly
massive 'Forrestal' class aircraft-
carriers being in active
commission
by
the
end
of
1959
Perhaps the
most
srgnificant conclusion
to
be drawn
(and one
which
was
all
too
clearly
restated in the
South
Atlantic
during
1982)
is that the
ability
of
the
aircraft-carrier
to
range
the
world's
oceans means that arr
power
can
quickly
be
brought to bear at the point
where
it
is
most
needed for the protection
of national interests. Paradoxically,
though,
the
constraints
placed on defence expenditure
throughout
the world
have
witnessed
the
disappearance
of
the
carrier
from
all but
a
handful
of
navies, an
occurrence which certainly
gives one pause
for
thought,
Two
generations
on
from
the
Sea
Fury,
the
Grumman
F9F
Cougar featured
swept-backwings
for
improved
speed
performance.
Such
aircraft
as
fhese
paved theway for
the
later
supersonicgeneration exemplified
by
theVought
F8U
Crusader.
:o Mach
2
performance
wrth the
truly
remarkable McDonnell
F4H
Phantom
IL
No less
significant
were
the
changes embodied
in the
aircraft-carrier
-:seil
foremost
amongst these
being
the
widespread
introduction
of the
steam
catapult and the angled deck, both
being
features
which greatly
:ontributed
to
enhanced
safety. In
additron,
the
srze of
such vessels
also
7ew
remarkably,
Agarn,
the United
States
was
largely
responsible,
no
".-
€=
tli
ii.ll'
'rd
..
ffi
:=pcise
f,e navilland
Sea
Hornet
-r---::l:g:: beannq a strong family re-
the
highly
--i^-=ce
to
Mosquito,
the
successful
de
Havil-
=r,i
rersalile
r.nd
Hornet was
in
fact a
new
design
to the need for
a longt-ranqte
in
--;le-seat
escort
fighter
for
service
in
Paci-f,c.
Development
began
=e
the
prototype
makrng
its
maiden
-:.42
"'g:r
on
28
luly
1944,
but
like
many
ar:raft
wLuch
appeared
late in
World
=-,i
;arne
about as
a private-venhne
War
II
the
Hornet suffered
heavily
--::rcugrh
post
VJ-Day cancellations.
\evertheless,
the Hornet's
outstanding
performance
(it
vras
the
fastest
tmn-
sewe
with
any
au
arm
in
the world)
sal,-ed
lt
ftom
total oblivion, the
type
being
employed
by
the
Royal
Air
Force in
some
numbers
between
1946
and
1956.
Consideration
of the
possibility
of
acqurring a carner-based variant re-
sulted rn the testing
of three
Hornet
F.Mk
I
atcraft
in
1944-5,
the
third
of
these
beLng
a
fully navalized specimen
and such was the success
ofthese trials
that
a
production
order
for
79 Sea
Hor-
net
F.Mk
20
fighters
soon
followed, de-
engine piston-powered fighter
to
it
finally
gave
way to
jet-powered
equipment
inthe
shape
of
the de
Havil-
land
Sea Venom.
Subsequently, the
Sea
Hornet NF,Mk
21
was reassigned
ance mission,
the
cannon amament
was
deleted,
its
place being
filled
by
camelas,
livenes getting under way to
No,
801
Squadron
in June
1947,
Armament was
basically similar
to
that
of
the RAF
Hor-
net, and
this
model remained
in
ser-
vice
until
1951
in
a
front-line
capacity,
The next version
was
the
Sea
Hornet
NF.Mk
2I
night-fighter, whose
de-
veiopment began
in
1946
although
it
was not until
January
1949
that
this
attained
operational
status
with
the
to
the training
of
niqht-flghter radar
operators,
a
task
it
performed
until
1956
when the
handful
of
remaining
aircraft were
scrapped,
Production
of the
Sea
Homet
was
Specification
de
Havilland
Sea
Hornet
F.Mk
20
Type:
carrierborne
escort
and
strrke
Used
as
a
long-range fighter and
strike
aircraft,
the de
Havilland
Sea
Hornet
F
.Mk
20
sewed
aboard the
Royal
Navy's
carriers from
I
947
to
195I
,
when
itwas
replaced
by
the
SeaVenom.
fighter
Powerplant:
two 2,030-hp
(I5
14-kW)
Fleet
Air
Arm, equipping
No,
Sguadron
at
Culdrose
until
1954,
completed wrth the
Sea
Hornet PR.Mk
22
for
photogrraphic reconnaissance,
about ftuo dozen
examples beinq com-
pleted, all
of
which
employed
a
pair
of
F52
cameras
for use
by
day and
a
sing-
Rolls-Royce
Merlin
133/134
inline
piston
engines
809
le
when
K19B
camera
for
night
work.
In
order to
undertake
the
reconnaiss-
Performance: maximum speed
748
lcn/h
(465
mph)
at
6705
m
(22,000 ft);
service
celling
10,670
m
(35,000 ft);
range
2414
kn
(1,500
miles)
with auxillary fuel
Weights: empty
6033
kg
(
13,
300
lb);
maximr.m
take-off
B4O5
kq
( 18,
530
lb)
Dimensiors: span
13.72
m
(45 ft 0
in);
!e+S!
I
I.te
m
(36 ft 8
in)
height
4,32
m
(14 ft
2
in);
wrng
area33,54 m
(361
sq
ft)
Armament:
four 20-mm cannon,
plus
eight
27-kg (60-lb)
rockets
or two
454-
ks
(1,000-lb)
bombs
ffi
f,e navilland
Sea
Venom
Shortly afterwards the
Sea
Venom was
retired
from the front-line
inventory,
sepond-line elements
until
1970,
In addition
to
sewice
vnth the F]eet
Air fum,
39
Sea
Venom FAW.Mk
53
aircraft
were
exported
to Australia
rn
1955
whilst about
B0
aircraft
were built
under licence
by
Sud-Est
in
France,
where the
type was known
as
the
Followilg
the evaluation of
a
standard
RAF Venom NF,Mk
2
night-fighter
duru:q the course
of
1950,
the
Royal
Navy ordered
three fully
navalized
prototype aircraft
as
the de
Havilland
although some continued
to fly
with
Sea
Venom
NF.IvIk
20,
the first
of
which
made
its
maiden flight on
19
April
1951,
Subsequent
carrier compatibility
trials
conducted aboard
HMS
11lustrrous
showed that
the type
possessed con-
siderable promjse, and
an
initial batch
of
50
production
Sea
Venom NF.Mk
20s
was contracted, dehveries
getting
under
way dunng
the
mid-1950s.
Attaining operational
status
with
No.
890
Sguadron
aboard
HMS
Albion
in
luly
1955,
the
Sea
Venom NF.Mk
20
Aquilon.
Based
on
the
Sea Venom
NF.Mk
20,
the
Aquilon served
with
the
A6ronavale
from
1955
to
1965, some
aircraft being
configmred to
cary
the
Nord
5103
air-to-air missile.
Following
delivery
of
the
Vought F-8E(FN) Cru-
sader, suwivrng Aquilons
were
rele-
gated to secondary
duties.
was
qurckiy followed
by
the
Sea
Venom FAW.Mk
21,
which used
the
more
powerful
Ghost
104
turbojet
en-
gnne
and
which
was also
fitted
with
Amencan
APS-57
airborne intercep-
Specification
de
Havilland
Sea
Venom FAW.Mk
21
T]rpe:
carrierbome
all-weather
fighter
Powerplant:
one 2245-kg (4,9501b)
thrust de
Havilland
Ghost
104
turbojet
(r5,900
lb)
Dimensions:
span
13.08
m
(42
ft
I
I
in);
length
I
1,
i5
m
(36 ft
7
in);
height
2,59
m
(B
ft
6
in); wrng area
25,99
mz
(279,75
sq
ft)
Armament:
four 20-mm cannon,
plus
up
to 907
kg
(2,000
lb)
ofexternal
De
Havilland's
SeaVenom
was
widely employed by
the
Royal
Navy
for
six
or sevenyears.lts most
important combat
was
during the
Suez
cfisis, when
this
FAW.Mk
2I
was
pictured
atter
awheels-up
landing.
The
fairing
over the hook
is
tion radar.
Deliveries
of the
Sea
Venom
FAW.Mk
21
began
before
the
Sea
Venom NF,Mk
20
became oper-
ational,
the
dellery
beginning
in
May
1955
of
what eventually became
the
most
widely
used
version,
a
total
of
167
being
built
for service
with
the
Fleet
Atr
Arm, Production
of
the
Sea
Venom
Performance: maximum
speed
I 0
I
4
lan/h
(630
mph)
at
sea
level
j
service
ceiling
14995
m
(49,200 ft);
range
1609
kn
(1,000miles)
Weight:
maximum
take-off
72
12
kg
ordnance including bombs and
rockets
clearlyvisible.
was completed urith 39 examples of
the
Sea
Venom
FAW.Mk
22,
which dif-
fered
mainly
by
vrrtue of
being
pow-
ered by the
Ghost
105
turbojet,
Like other
Fleet
Air
Arm aircraft of
this era, the
Sea
Venom
was
in
action
in
tre
Suez
Crisis,
being
employed
against targets
in the
Canal Zone, but
1'Ls
combat
swan-song
came
in
1960
when
No.
891
Squadron's
Sea
Venom
FAW,Mk
22s
flew
a
number
of
mts-
sons
against Yemeni
rebels in
Aden,
Fastestof allthenavalVenomswas theFrenchSud-EstAquilon203.Thisexample
sewedwithA4ronavaleFlottille
l6F andwas
later
armedwiththeNord
5103
command-guidanceair-to-airmissile.
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tairey
Firefly
Post-war
Carrier
Aircraft
One of the most successful
World War
II
desigms
to originate
in
the
UK, the
Fairey
Firefly initially entered service
rn
1943
and racked up
an rmpressive
combat
record in World
War
IL
Not-
able
hlQrhlights
included
the attack on
shortly
before
VJ-Day
brought
hostili-
ties to a
conclusion,
In
the
post-war
era,
the
Firefly demonstrated
a
con-
siderable
degrree
of
versatility,
turningt
its hand to other duties such
as
target
towlng and anti-submarine
warfare
as
well
as
continurng in its
primary
func-
the
German battleship
Tirpitz
and
a
series
of strikes on
mainland
Japan
tion
of
fighter-bomber, By the
time
production ceased
1,702
had
been
buiit,
some
remaimng active with
the
Fleet
Air
Arm
until as late
as
1957
whilst
others
served
with
Australia,
Netherlands, Sweden
and
Thailand.
Canada,
Denmark, Ethiopia, India, the
Post-war productron
initially
in-
volved
the
Firefly FR.Mk
4
reconnaiss-
ance fighter,
which flew for the
first
time
on
25
May
1945,
Incorporatrng
a
number
of
new
features such as
clip-
ped winqtips
and
redesigned
tail sur-
faces,
160
were
completed
by
early
1948,
and
these saw
service
with
several Fleet
Air
Arm
squadrons,
some
later being
modified
to
Firefly
TT.Mk 4
standard
for
tareret-towing
duty, The next basic
model
to
appear
was the
Mk
5,
variants including
the
Firefly NF.Mk
5
nighlfighter,
the
Fire-
fly
FR.Mk
5
day
reconnaissance
fighter
reserve
squadrons,
and
these were
followed
in
1952
by
the
Firefly
AS.Mk
dard, the
remaining
160
Mk
7s all
berng Firefly T.Mk 7 trainers. Firefly
production eventually terminated in
March
1956
with
the
delivery
of
the
last
of
24
new-burld Firefly U.Mk
8 target
drones,
but
54
Mk
5s
were
also con-
verted
to
this
mission, these being
known
as
Firefly U.Mk
9
aircraft.
Operationally, British
Freflies
of va-
rious marks
saw
considerable
post-
war
action, takrng part
rn
the Malayan
conftontation
behveen
1949
and
1954
as
well
as
the
Korean
War, whilst
the
7,
Only
36
were
completed
to this stan-
Dutch
Firefly FR.Mk
I
aucraft under-
took combat duty against
rebel
forces
in the
Dutch
East
indies.
Specification
Fairey
Firefly
FR.Mk
4
Type:
carrierborne
reconnaissance
After
servingwith
distinction
in the
closing months of
World
War
I
I, the
Fairey
Fire(ly continued
togive
valuable
sewice
for
severalyears.
These
Firefly
FR.Mk 4s
are
seen
in
companywith
a
trio of SeaFuries.
maximum
take-off
7083
kg
(
15, 6
and
the
Firefly
AS.Mk
5
anti-
duced
between
1947
and
1950. Pro-
submarine
patrol aircraft; the
last
eventually became
the most
numerous
post-war version,
over
300
being pro-
duction
then
swrtched
to
the
three-seat
Firefly AS.Mk
6,
which
entered
ser-
vice in
1951,
the
149
alrcraft built even-
tually
equrpping
six
front-line and
six
Powerplant:
one
2,
245-hp
( I
674-kW)
Rolls-Royce Grrlfon
74
rnline
piston
15
tb)
englne
Performance: maxmum
speed
591
krntr
(367
mph)
at
4265
m
(14,000 ft);
sewice
ceiling9725 m
(31,900 ft);
range
2l4B
kn
(1,335
miles)
Weights: empty
43BB
ks
(9,674
1b);
Dimensions:span
12.55
m(41
ft2
in);
lenglh
I
l.58
m (38 ft
O
in);
heig,ht 4,24
m
(13
ft
I
I
in);
wing
area
30.66
mz
(330
sq
ft)
Armament:
four 20-mm cannon,
ph.is
i6
27-kg
(60tb)
rockets
or
tvuo
454-kg
(1,000-1b)
bombs
ffi
fiawker
Sea
Fury
up to
907
kg
(2,000
lb)
of external
ord-
nance and which
also
featured
a
leng-
thened
affester
hook plus
provision
for
First
conceived
as a
long-range
fighter
for use
by
the
Royal
Air
Force in
the
Paciflc agairst
the Japanese,
Hawker's
initial
desigm
was
known
orignnally
as
quickly generated considerable
Royal
Navy rnterest
which led
to
the issue
of a
formal specrfication
in February
i943,
:his
being followed in
April
1944
by
an
:rder
for
400
aircraft
to be
shared
egually by the
RAF and
the
Fleet
Air
ttre Tempest
Light
Fighter.
It
very
rocket-assisted take-off
gear,
This
variant
became
the def,nitive
Sea
Fury,
deliveries
begtinning
tn
MaY
1948,
Weights: empty
4191
kg
(9,240
1b);
maxrmum
take-off
5670
kg
(
2,
500
lb)
Dimensions:span
11.70
m
(38
ft
4,75
in);
lenqth
10,57
m
(34 ft
B
in);
herght4
84
m(15
ft
10.5 rn):
wingarea
1
26.0 m'Z(280
sq
ft)
Armament:
four 20-mm cannon,
plus
up
to 90?
kq
(2,000
lb)
ofexternal
ordnance including bombs, rockets
andmines
the
early
1950s
some
515
had
been
completed,
as
well
as 60
examples
of
the
Sea
F\uy
T.Mk
20
hvo-seat trainer,
By then the
Sea
Fury had
also
been
engagred
in combat in Korea,
where it
and by
the trme the
line closed
rn
-llm,
The
first
example
to
fly
was
the
F.{F's Fury
Mk
1
on
1
September
1944,
il;:ilst
the Hawker
Sea
Fury
prototype
::ck
to
the air for
its
maiden
flrght on
21
::bruary
1945.
However,
the
retwn of
le-ace
led
to large-scale
defence
cut-
;a:ks,
Hawker's newest
fighter
suffer-
::J
badly
with
all the RAF
examples
proved
to be
an excellent
ground-
attack
platform
as
well
as
no
mean
per-
former
rn
air-to-air
combat. emergnng
victorious
over
the
jet-powered MiG-
i5
on at least two
occasions.
By
the
mid-1950s
the
Sea
Fury
had
been supplanted
by
more
modern
-e::g
=-:
half
of the
Royal Nalry aircraft
did ultimately achieve modest
;::.:rer
cancelled,
although
the
manu-
=JI]rr1
sales
of the land-based
Fury,
tr:f:mers
including Egypt,
Iraq
and
types
with
the
Fleet
Air
Arm, but
some
export
Sea
Furies continued
to
fly
with
the
air
arms
of
Australia,
Burma, Cana-
da, Cuba and the
Netherlands
for
a
few
more
years.
s:-;:e
with
No,
BOZ
Squadron in
July
-,li-
l,lanufacture
of
the
Sea
Fury
as
a
pi::
i;hter
was,
however, destined
to
and
only
50
were
com-
production thereafter
switch-
;re-rj
-:e
:n;:_
Sea
Fury
Fts.Mk
lI
fighter-
!o:-:e:
Cerivative
which could carry
is
far
as
the
Royal Navy's arrcraft
r-
:oncerned,
this
first
flew in
pro-
r::::r
form
as
the
Sea
Fury
F.Mk
10
:r
-
September
1946,
duly
entering
HawkerSeaFuryFB.Mk
II
Type:
carrierborne
fl
ghter-bomber
Powerplant:
one 2,480-hp
(
1849-kW)
Bristol
Centaurus
IB
radial piston
engine
Performance: maximum speed
740 l,an/h (460
mph)
at 5485
m
(18,000 ft);
service
ceiling
10910
m
(35,800 ft);
range
I 127
kn
(700
miles)
on
internal fuel
Specification
:e -r:--lived
Representing
the
pinnacle of
piston-
engine
d
fi
ghter
design,
the H
awker
SeaFuryFB.Mk
I
I waspoweredby
an
l9-cylinder
two-row radial which
gave
the
akcraIt
a
top
s@
of
over
700
km/
h
(435 mph).
It
saw
much
action
inKorea
and
claimd
afs
MiGvictories.

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