Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Fairey Firefly

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:41:25Light-carrier air groups for the British Pacific FleetQ&A
  2. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:32:22The Fulmar performed better than its reputation suggestsChapter
  3. Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 1
    36:28Sea Furies in Commonwealth carrier operations over KoreaChapter
  4. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:02:34Fleet Air Arm aircraft as submarine huntersQ&A
  5. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:02:52Early Fireflies against the Italian fleetQ&A
  6. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:03:42From Firefly production to squadron serviceQ&A
  7. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
  8. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    54:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
  9. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    32:04The Barracuda belonged to a disrupted plan for a modern carrier air groupChapter
  10. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    36:09Firefly ASW variants bridged wartime aircraft and postwar systemsChapter
  11. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    37:09The Firefly was not simply an improved FulmarNotable Point
  12. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    58:48Fulmars from Cape Matapan to the Arctic and Far EastChapter
  13. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    1:08:06Strike disruption and the birth of practical fighter directionChapter
  14. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    2:16:10Carrier aviation, rescue, and helicopter trials in KoreaNotable Point
  15. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    11:04Why the Fairey Firefly suited the Royal NavyQ&A
  16. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    3:47:28A mature Spearfish could consolidate Fleet Air Arm rolesQ&A
  17. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    51:07Twin-engine strike aircraft and Britain's light-bomber traditionQ&A
  18. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:45:00Ark Royal's likely British Pacific Fleet air groupQ&A
  19. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:32:47Why the Fleet Air Arm retained the Firefly's two-seat roleQ&A
  20. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:18:56Barracuda and Fairey's long-range aircraft lineageChapter
  21. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:25:09Barracuda and Firefly in anti-submarine warfareQ&A
  22. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:18:32Navalizing the P.94 as a Fairey Fulmar alternativeNotable Point
  23. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:10:29The Fleet Air Arm's 1945-to-Korea carrier air groupNotable Point
  24. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    4:01:13An ideal late-war British carrier and air groupQ&A
  25. Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War
    4:23US and British carrier night fighters reflect different constraintsNotable Point
  26. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    2:07:23Vian's account of British carrier strikes supporting OkinawaChapter
  27. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    2:40The Fleet Air Arm's postwar aircraft transitionChapter
  28. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    4:53Following an aircraft through its service lifeNotable Point
  29. Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword
    1:48:53Implacable's Norwegian raid and a recovered FireflyNotable Point
  30. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    8:22The Fulmar and Firefly followed separate paths from P.4/34Chapter
  31. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    16:55The Firefly as Fairey's heavy naval fighter idealChapter
  32. Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    0:32From World War II carrier defence to the late-1950s fleetChapter
  33. Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    15:34Fairey Firefly combines strike, night, and anti-submarine rolesChapter
  34. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    14:00Carrier landings, maintenance, and usable air-group strengthNotable Point
  35. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:20:15Korea showed the value of a mixed piston air groupChapter
  36. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    2:12:07Could aircraft suppress a harbour's anti-aircraft guns?Q&A
  37. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    17:10Fulmars: useful patrol fighters with a costly limitationChapter
  38. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
  39. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:10:28Fleet Air Arm fighter choice often came down to availabilityQ&A