AEROPLANE DATABASE

BLACKBURN SHARK 13 IN-DEPTH PAGES Shark IIs from HMS Courageous flying in formation prior to making a mass mock attack on the British fleet as it returned from the 1937 spring cruise. AEROPLANE ● An ‘extraordinarily stable’ torpedo bomber ● Embarked with the ‘Whistling Shark’ ● Superior to the Swordfish? Development Technical Details In Service Insights Shark I K5625 444 Catapult Flight, Fleet Air Arm CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY DEVELOPMENT The B-6 Shark prototype conducting torpedo-dropping tests from Gosport in early 1934.