For a description of the format and data included
in Production Tables, see here.
Produced Variants
B.37 Firebrand F.Mk.I
Single seat naval fighter to meet the requirements of Specification N.11/40. One 2,305 h.p. Napier Sabre III
powerplant.
B.37
Firebrand T.F.Mk.II
Single seat naval torpedo strike fighter based on the F.Mk.I with wider centre
section to allow the carriage of a torpedo between the retracted main landing gear.
B.45 Firebrand T.F.Mk.III
Single seat naval torpedo strike fighter to meet the requirements
of Specification S.8/43. Based on the T.F.II with a cut down rear fuselage with bubble canopy. One 2,400 h.p. Bristol
Centaurus VII powerplant.
B.46 Firebrand T.F.Mk.IV
Main
production variant. As T.F.Mk.III with redesigned fin and rudder and the addition of dive brakes. One 2,520 h.p. Bristol
Centaurus IX powerplant.
B.46 Firebrand T.F.Mk.5
T.F.Mk.IV with detail improvements.
B.46 Firebrand T.F.Mk.5A
T.F.Mk.IV and TF.Mk.5 modified with hydraulically boosted aileron controls.
Projected Variants
B.41
Single seat fighter for the RAF based on the B.37 Firebrand F.Mk.I.
B.42
Type B.37 with
a high lift wing.
B.43
Single seat twin float seaplane fighter based on the B.37 Firebrand
F.Mk.I.
3 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 156337/40. Prototype first flew 27 February 1942.
DD804, DD810, DD815
F.Mk.I
3
DD815 conv. to T.F.Mk.II prototype NV636.
NV636
T.F.Mk.II
(1)
Ex F.Mk.I DD815. First flew 31 March 1943.
50
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire, to contract Acft/981. Ordered as F.Mk.I but delivered as shown
between June 1943 and June 1945.
DK363 - DK371
3380/1-3380/9
F.Mk.I
9
DK372 - DK373
3380/22-3380/23
T.F.Mk.III
2
T.F.Mk.III prototypes. DK372 first flew 21
December 1943.
DK374 - DK385
3380/10-3380/21
T.F.Mk.II
12
DK386 - DK412
3380/24-3380/50
T.F.Mk.III
27
250
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire, to contract Acft/981. 170 delivered between May 1945 and July
1947, remainder cancelled.
EK601 - EK638
3380/51-3380/88
T.F.Mk.IV
38
EK653 - EK694
3380/89-3380/130
42
EK719 - EK741
3380/131-3380/153
23
EK742 - EK748
3380/154-3380/160
T.F.Mk.5 (1)
7
EK764 - EK799
3380/161-3380/196
36
EK827 - EK850
3380/197-3380/220
24
EK851 - EK867
17
EK885 - EK913
29
EK934 - EK967
34
250
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire. Cancelled before contract awarded.
VE624 - VE671
T.F.Mk.III
48
VE679 - VE695
17
VE716 - VE739
24
VE752- VE790
39
VE821 - VE868
48
VE888 - VE898
11
VE912 - VE960
49
VE983- VE996
14
Total Production
223
1
330
Firebrand T.F.Mk.5 Conversions (All aircraft converted from TF.Mk.4)
Serial Range
63 aircraft converted by
The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire.
