num_pages: 160
description: The development and operational history of the Skua and its turret-fighter derivative the Roc are told in this book. Designed as a dive-bomber a role it excelled in the Skua was also used (with much less success) as a fighter and later as a target tug. The Roc naval equivalent of the Defiant was even less successful than its RAF counterpart.The book contains: superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings rare b/w archive photographs and first hand accounts of Skua operations. Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts historians &amp; scale aeromodellers.
language: English
title: Blackburn Skua & Roc
publisher: Mushroom Model Publications