Blackburn Skua 1/72 Scale Model

British - This is a model of a Fleet Air Arm plane that flew against the German invasion of Norway in 1940. Skuas were designed to perform the dual role of carrier fighter and dive bomber. They were the Royal Navy's first modern dive bomber, and did well in that role. However, they were used more often as carrier fighters. And since their performance in that role was inferior to the Fairey Fulmar, they were replaced by Fulmars.

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Britain's Fleet Air Arm in WWII, Ron MacKay

Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, A.J. Jackson

The Deadly Stroke: The Tragic, Little Known Story of the British Destruction of the French Fleet in Oran, in July, 1940, After the Armistice with Germany, Warren Tute

Dive Bomber!: An Illustrated History, Peter Smith

Fledgling Eagles; The Complete Account of Air Operations During the "Phoney War" and Norwegian Campaign, 1940 , Christopher Shores

Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945, David Wragg

Malta; The Hurricane Years 1940-1941, Christopher Shores

The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943, Jack Greene