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Blackburn Roc plans show crowded carrier operations

Plans distinguish the turret-armed Blackburn Roc from the Skua, while carrier illustrations show the practical difference between crowded flight decks and full hangars.

Notes

The illustrations identify the Blackburn Roc as the turret-fighter derivative of the Blackburn Skua. The example broadens the familiar story of British turret fighters beyond the better-known Boulton Paul Defiant. Carrier photographs and plans then show aircraft massed across a flight deck and packed into a hangar. These images make aircraft capacity and carrier handling arrangements easier to understand than specifications alone would.