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Short Sturgeon |
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Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm |
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The Short Sturgeon was a
planned British carrier-borne reconnaissance bomber whose development
began during Second World War with the S.6/43 requirement for a
high-performance torpedo bomber, which was later refined into the
S.11/43 requirement which was won by the Sturgeon. With the end of the
war in the Pacific production of the aircraft carriers from which the
Sturgeon was intended to operate was suspended and the original
reconnaissance bomber specification was cancelled. |
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Die Short Sturgeon war ein
geplanter britischer trägergestützter Aufklärungsbomber, dessen Entwicklung
im Zweiten Weltkrieg mit der S.6/43-Anforderung für einen
Hochleistungs-Torpedo-bomber begann, die später zur gewonnenen
S.11/43-Anforderung verfeinert wurde vom Sturgeon. Mit dem Ende des Krieges
im Pazifik wurde die Produktion der Flugzeugträger, von denen aus die
Sturgeon operieren sollte, eingestellt und die ursprüngliche
Aufklärungsbomber-spezifikation wurde annulliert. |
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FAA Versionen |
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S.1 |
Carrier-borne strike aircraft. Three prototypes were ordered but the third was completed as the TT.2 prototype. |
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Trägergestütztes Angriffsflugzeug. Drei Prototypen wurden bestellt, aber der dritte wurde als TT.2-Prototyp fertig gestellt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TT.2 |
target tugs, two prototypes and 23 production aircraft. |
TT.2 |
Zielschlepper, zwei Prototypen und 23 Serienflugzeuge. |
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TT.3 |
Revised target tug variant, five modified from TT.2s. |
TT.3 |
Überarbeitete Zielschleppervariante, fünf modifiziert von TT.2s. |
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Operational history |
Einsatzgeschichte |
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The main production variant,
the TT.2 naval target tug spent most of its life with No. 728 Naval Air
Squadron at Hal Far, Malta. The type was also operated by No. 771 NAS at
RNAS Ford in 1950–1954. Their primary role as a target tug included
towing targets for ground-to-air firing practice, photographic marking
of ground-to-air firing, target towing for air-to-air practice by night
and day, "throw-off" target practice and radar calibration. |
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Die Hauptserienvariante, der
Marinezielschlepper TT.2, verbrachte den grössten Teil seines Lebens bei der
728 Naval Air Squadron in Hal Far, Malta. Der Typ wurde 1950–1954 auch von
No. 771 NAS bei RNAS Ford betrieben. Ihre Hauptaufgabe als Zielschlepper
umfasste das Schleppen von Zielen für Boden-Luft-Schussübungen, die
fotografische Markierung von Boden-Luft-Schüssen, das Schlep-pen von Zielen
für Luft-Luft-Übungen bei Tag und Nacht sowie das "Abwerfen" von Zielübungen
und Radarkalibrierung. |
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