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The Blackburn Skua was a fighter/dive bomber used by the British Fleet Air Arm during World War II. The Skua is often described as a slow, cumbersome aircraft that saw little action and was quickly relegated to a training role after the start of the Second World War. It may have been slow and ponderous, but it saw widespread action as both a fighter and dive bomber and its pilots fought many gallant actions against the Germans and Italians. It achieved remarkable results despite its poor performance and the small numbers produced.
Skua description, specification and general history (Start here to find out about the Blackburn Skua)
Skua in Pictures (Some interesting pictures and more detailed info)
Fanad Head incident (The events surrounding the loss of two Skuas in the early days of WWII)
First blood (How a Skua shot down the first German aircraft to be destroyed by a Fleet Air Arm aircraft in WWII)
Sinking of the Königsberg (How Skuas sank the first major warship lost to bombing in history)
Bergan Panorama (Helps illustrate the scene of the sinking of the Königsberg)
Norwegian campaign (The amazing and often overlooked role of the Skua in the 1940 Norwegian campaign)
Skuas over Dunkirk (The conflicting stories of Skua operations over Dunkirk)
Mediterranean campaign (The Skua in use in the Mediterranean and off West Africa)
Skua and Roc Memories (3 stories of flying the Skua and Roc by S/ Ldr D.H. "Nobby" Clarke)
The Decision is always the pilots
Oh Calamity!!! (One mans view of the Norwegian campaign from the back seat of a Skua)
Skua postscripts (A postscript on the Norwegian campaign)
Modelling the Skua (Details of Plastic model kits of the Blackburn Skua)
Skua and Roc colour schemes (some info on the camouflage scheme used by Skuas and Rocs)
Skua Bibliography (A list of sources and follow-up reading material)
