Fairey Fantôme

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The Fairey Fantôme, also known as the Fairey Féroce, was a British fighter prototype in the mid-1930s. The prototype was designed and built by Fairey Aviation and three production aircraft were assembled in Belgium by Avions Fairey.

Development

The Fantôme was designed in 1934 by Marcel Lobelle to meet a specification drawn up on behalf of the Belgian "Aéronautique Militaire" who were to hold an international competition to find a replacement from the Fairey Firefly II. It was of all-metal construction, with fabric skinning and a 925 hp Hispano-Suiza engine, with provision for one 20 mm engine-mounted cannon and two .30 wing-mounted Browning machine-guns. Many contemporary sources considered it to be "aesthetically the most attractive fighting biplane ever built".Fact|date=July 2008

Operational history

The Fantôme first flew on 6 June 1935, however it crashed at Evere on 17 July of that year. However, Fairey had already produced parts and components for three other aircraft. These were shipped to Belgium in 1936 and completed under the name Fairey Féroce at Gosselies. Two of these were sold to the Soviet government; which later gave them to the Spanish Republican air force to aid with the Spanish Civil War. The fourth aircraft returned to Britain where it was acquired by the British Air Ministry, and no further production was undertaken.

Operators

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pecifications

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References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=