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85 relations: Aeroplane (magazine), Air Ministry, Air-sea rescue, Aircraft carrier, Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), Blackburn Aircraft, Blackburn Botha, Blackburn Shark, Blackburn Skua, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulton Paul Aircraft, Boulton Paul Defiant, Bristol Hercules, Bristol Perseus, Cap Gris-Nez, Combat air patrol, Conventional landing gear, Dive bomber, Dunkirk evacuation, E-boat, English Channel, Fifth Sea Lord, Fighter aircraft, Fleet Air Arm, Floatplane, Gosport, Gun turret, Hawker Hotspur, Helensburgh, Junkers Ju 88, List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force, List of aircraft of World War II, List of fighter aircraft, M1919 Browning machine gun, Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Monoplane, Nautical mile, No. 24 Squadron RAF, No. 241 Squadron RAF, Norwegian Campaign, Operation Aerial, Orkney, Osprey Publishing, Ostend, Radial engine, RAF Detling, RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Roc (mythology), Rolls-Royce Merlin, ..., Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, Target tug, United Kingdom, Wolverhampton, World War II, .303 British, 725 Squadron RAN, 758 Naval Air Squadron, 759 Naval Air Squadron, 760 Naval Air Squadron, 765 Naval Air Squadron, 769 Naval Air Squadron, 770 Naval Air Squadron, 771 Naval Air Squadron, 772 Naval Air Squadron, 773 Naval Air Squadron, 774 Naval Air Squadron, 775 Naval Air Squadron, 776 Naval Air Squadron, 777 Naval Air Squadron, 778 Naval Air Squadron, 782 Naval Air Squadron, 787 Naval Air Squadron, 789 Naval Air Squadron, 791 Naval Air Squadron, 792 Naval Air Squadron, 793 Naval Air Squadron, 794 Naval Air Squadron, 800 Naval Air Squadron, 801 Naval Air Squadron, 803 Naval Air Squadron, 805 Squadron RAN, 806 Naval Air Squadron. Expand index (35 more) »
Aeroplane (magazine)
Aeroplane (formerly Aeroplane Monthly) is a British magazine devoted to aviation, with a focus on aviation history and preservation.
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Air Ministry
The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.
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Air-sea rescue
Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue) is the coordinated search and rescue (SAR) of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their seagoing vessel.
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Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
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Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral The Hon.
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Blackburn Aircraft
Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft during the first part of the 20th century.
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Blackburn Botha
The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber.
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Blackburn Shark
The Blackburn Shark was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber built by the Blackburn Aircraft company in England.
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Blackburn Skua
The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft operated by the British Fleet Air Arm which combined the functions of a dive bomber and fighter.
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Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called Boulogne (Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia, Boulonne-su-Mér, Bonen), is a coastal city in Northern France.
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Boulton Paul Aircraft
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that was incorporated in 1934, although its origins in aircraft manufacturing began earlier in 1914, and lasted until 1961.
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Boulton Paul Defiant
The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.
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Bristol Hercules
The Bristol Hercules was a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1939.
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Bristol Perseus
The Bristol Perseus was a British nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engine produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1932.
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Cap Gris-Nez
Cap Gris-Nez (literally "cape grey nose") is a cape on the Côte d'Opale in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France.
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Combat air patrol
Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft.
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Conventional landing gear
Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.
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Dive bomber
A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops.
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
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E-boat
E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat") of the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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English Channel
The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Fifth Sea Lord
The Fifth Sea Lord was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty that controlled the Royal Navy.
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Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft, whose main mission is to attack ground targets.
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Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.
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Floatplane
A floatplane (float plane or pontoon plane) is a type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons (known as "floats") mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy.
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Gosport
Gosport is a town in Hampshire on the south coast of England.
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Gun turret
A gun turret is a location from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility, and some cone of fire.
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Hawker Hotspur
The Hawker Hotspur was a Hawker Henley redesigned to take a Boulton-Paul semi-powered four gun turret.
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Helensburgh
Helensburgh (lit) is a town within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area of Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland.
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Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 was a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.
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List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
This is a list of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA).
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List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.
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List of aircraft of World War II
The List of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries, which were at war during World War II from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them.
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List of fighter aircraft
This is a list of military aircraft that are primarily designed for air-to-air combat and thus does not include aircraft intended for other roles where they have some secondary air-to-air capability, such as with many ground attack aircraft.
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M1919 Browning machine gun
The M1919 Browning is a.30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment
The Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was a British military research and test organisation.
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Monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement defined as exactly.
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No. 24 Squadron RAF
No.
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No. 241 Squadron RAF
No.
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Norwegian Campaign
The Norwegian Campaign (9 April to 10 June 1940) was fought in Norway between Norway, the Allies and Germany in World War II after the latter's invasion of the country.
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Operation Aerial
Operation Aerial (also Operation Ariel) was the name given to the World War II evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France from 1940, following the military collapse in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
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Osprey Publishing
Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history.
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Ostend
Ostend (Oostende, or; Ostende; Ostende) is a Belgian coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders.
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Radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.
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RAF Detling
RAF Detling was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in World War I and the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.
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RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm.
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Roc (mythology)
The Roc (from ruḵ) is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.
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Rolls-Royce Merlin
The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.
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Target tug
A target tug is an aircraft which tows an unmanned drone, a fabric drogue or other kind of target, for the purposes of gun or missile target practice.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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.303 British
The.303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. and SAAMI) or 7.7×56mmR, is a calibre (with the bore diameter measured between the lands as is common practice in Europe) rimmed rifle cartridge first developed in Britain as a black-powder round put into service in December 1888 for the Lee–Metford rifle.
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725 Squadron RAN
725 Squadron is a naval aviation squadron of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm.
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758 Naval Air Squadron
758 Naval Air Squadron (758 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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759 Naval Air Squadron
759 Naval Air Squadron (759 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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760 Naval Air Squadron
760 Naval Air Squadron (760 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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765 Naval Air Squadron
765 Naval Air Squadron (765 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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769 Naval Air Squadron
769 Naval Air Squadron (769 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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770 Naval Air Squadron
770 Naval Air Squadron (770 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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771 Naval Air Squadron
771 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 24 May 1939 at Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit with 14 Fairey Swordfish TSR biplanes.
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772 Naval Air Squadron
772 Naval Air Squadron (772 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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773 Naval Air Squadron
773 Naval Air Squadron (773 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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774 Naval Air Squadron
774 Naval Air Squadron (774 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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775 Naval Air Squadron
775 Naval Air Squadron (775 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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776 Naval Air Squadron
776 Naval Air Squadron (776 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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777 Naval Air Squadron
777 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Requirements Unit which was formed in West Africa during the Second World War.
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778 Naval Air Squadron
778 Naval Air Squadron (778 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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782 Naval Air Squadron
782 Naval Air Squadron (782 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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787 Naval Air Squadron
787 Naval Air Squadron (787 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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789 Naval Air Squadron
789 Naval Air Squadron (789 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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791 Naval Air Squadron
791 Naval Air Squadron (791 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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792 Naval Air Squadron
792 Naval Air Squadron (792 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and was originally formed at RNAS St Merryn in August 1939 as an Air Target Unit, equipped with six Blackburn Skuas.
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793 Naval Air Squadron
793 Naval Air Squadron (793 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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794 Naval Air Squadron
794 Naval Air Squadron (794 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
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800 Naval Air Squadron
800 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 by amalgamating No's 402 and 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flights.
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801 Naval Air Squadron
801 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.
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803 Naval Air Squadron
803 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.
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805 Squadron RAN
805 Squadron was a Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron, which previously operated as 805 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.
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806 Naval Air Squadron
806 Naval Air Squadron (806 NAS) was a fighter squadron in the Fleet Air Arm that existed from February 1940 to December 1960 and saw active service in the Norwegian campaign, the Dunkirk evacuation and the Malta Convoys.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Roc
