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Blackburn B.24 Skua and B.25 Roc

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Produced Variants

B.24/D.B.1 Skua Mk.I
 
Two seat all metal monoplane fighter/dive bomber to Specification O.27/34 to meet the requirements of OR.15. One 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury IX powerplant.
B.24/D.B.1A Skua Mk.II As Mk.I but fitted with one 905 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII powerplant, produced to Specification 25/36.
B.25 Roc
 
 
Two seat turret fighter based on the Skua to Specification O.30/35 to meet the requirements of OR.28. Production by Blackburn to Specification 26/36 was not proceded with, all production being undertaken by Boulton Paul Aircraft to Specification O.15/37. One 905 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII powerplant.



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Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 400778/35.
 K5178  6290/1  Mk.I  1      First flew 9 February 1937. Delivered June 1937.  
 K5179  6290/2    1      First flew 4 May 1939. Retained by Blackburn under contract 769429/38.
 190 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 534298/36. Delivered between September 1938 and September 1939.
 L2867 - L2935  7371/1-7371/69  Mk.II  69      
 L2936 - L2956  7375/1-7375/21    21      
 L2957 - L3006  7840/1-7840/50    50      
 L3007 - L3056  7842/1-7842/50    50      
  Total Production 192      

Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 136 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 632260/37, and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
 Delivered between February 1939 and August 1940.
 L3057 - L3192    136      L3057, L3059, L3091 converted to seaplanes; L3060 scheduled for conversion.
           L3174 converted to seaplane target tug.
 33 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Deliveries began on 9 March 1940, but only reached Dyce, Aberdeen.
 No aircraft reached Finland and all were absorbed into the above FAA order.
 RO-118 - RO-150        33  
  Total Production 136   33  




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 B.24 Skua Mk.I 2     2
 B.24 Skua Mk.II 190     190
 B.25 Roc 136   33 169
  328 0 33  

Production References
  1. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
  2. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 - N9999, RAF Aircraft Register Series (Air-Britain Publications, 1993)
  3. Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939, Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)
  4. Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945, Ray Sturtivant with Mick Burrows (Air Britain Publications, 1995)
  5. The Turret Fighters, Alec Brew (The Crowood, 2002)

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