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Fairey Firefly aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 |
 | | Fleet Air Arm Fireflies also saw action during the Korean War, operating from carriers against Communist ground targets. |
| | The first operational sortie of the Fairey Firefly was in July 1944, when 1770 squadron flew from HMS Indefatigable and took part in the Barracuda led dive bombing attacks against the German battleship Tirpitz lying at anchor in Kaa Fjord, Northern Norway. |
| | In January 1945, the same squadron was involved in the first major action by the Fleet Air Arm against the Japanese, when the oil refineries in Sumatra were set ablaze with rockets. |
| www.fleetairarmarchive.net /aircraft/firefly.htm (1979 words) |
