{"product_id":"fairey-battle-mk-i-bloodbath-over-france","title":"Fairey Battle Mk.I ´Bloodbath over France´","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecial Hobby 1\/72. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eFairey Battle\u003c\/b\u003e is a British single-engine \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light_bomber\" title=\"Light bomber\"\u003elight bomber\u003c\/a\u003e that was designed and manufactured by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairey_Aviation_Company\" title=\"Fairey Aviation Company\"\u003eFairey Aviation Company\u003c\/a\u003e. It was developed during the mid-1930s for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Air_Force\" title=\"Royal Air Force\"\u003eRoyal Air Force\u003c\/a\u003e (RAF) as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monoplane\" title=\"Monoplane\"\u003emonoplane\u003c\/a\u003e successor to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawker_Hart\" title=\"Hawker Hart\"\u003eHawker Hart\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawker_Hind\" title=\"Hawker Hind\"\u003eHind\u003c\/a\u003e biplanes. The Battle was powered by the same high-performance \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolls-Royce_Merlin\" title=\"Rolls-Royce Merlin\"\u003eRolls-Royce Merlin\u003c\/a\u003e piston engine that powered various contemporary British \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fighter_aircraft\" title=\"Fighter aircraft\"\u003efighters\u003c\/a\u003e such as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawker_Hurricane\" title=\"Hawker Hurricane\"\u003eHawker Hurricane\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supermarine_Spitfire\" title=\"Supermarine Spitfire\"\u003eSupermarine Spitfire\u003c\/a\u003e. As the Battle, with its three-man crew and bomb load, was much heavier than the fighters, it was therefore much slower. Though a great improvement over the aircraft that preceded it, its relatively slow speed, limited range and inadequate defensive armament of only two \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.303_British#Mark_VIIIz\" title=\".303 British\"\u003e.303\u003c\/a\u003e (7.7 mm) machine guns left it highly vulnerable to enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Ethell_1995,_p._177_1-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fairey Battle was used on operations early in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_World_War\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Second World War\"\u003eSecond World War\u003c\/a\u003e. During the \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoney_War\" title=\"Phoney War\"\u003ePhoney War\u003c\/a\u003e\" the type achieved the distinction of scoring the first aerial victory of an RAF aircraft in the conflict. From 10 to 14 May 1940, the Battles of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advanced_Air_Striking_Force\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Advanced Air Striking Force\"\u003eAdvanced Air Striking Force\u003c\/a\u003e suffered many losses, frequently in excess of 50 per cent of aircraft sorties per mission. By the end of 1940 the type had been withdrawn from front-line service and relegated to training units overseas. As an aircraft that had been considered to hold great promise in the pre-war era, the Battle proved to be one of the most disappointing aircraft in RAF service\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"test_product_longdesc\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z6\/img_5591_result_z6.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.scalemodelshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SH72153-2.jpg\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" alt=\"Fairey Battle Mk.I SH72153 | Special Hobby\"\u003e\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z7\/img_5592_result_z7.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z8\/img_5593_result_z8.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z10\/img_5595_result_z10.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 50%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Special Hobby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58323047678336,"sku":"SH72153","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/SH72153.jpg?v=1782294349","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/fairey-battle-mk-i-bloodbath-over-france","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}