Fairey Fulmar: The Fleet Air Arm's Unlikely Hero

By Matthew Willis

The remarkable story of how a make-do fighter proved itself indispensable in the harshest theatres of war

Fairey Fulmar -The Fleet Air Arm's Unlikely Hero charts, for the first time, the full history of the Fairey Fulmar naval fighter. A hastily converted light bomber, rejected by the RAF and increasingly obsolete against Messerschmitts and Zeroes, somehow the Fulmar became the top-scoring Royal Navy fighter aircraft of World War II. This first comprehensive study of the Fulmar's design, development and operational service.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719846846
• ISBN13: 9780719846847
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 176 Pages