General info for Firefly F Mk I

  • Country Britain
  • Vehicle role Interceptor / Naval Fighter / Strike fighter
  • Rank 3
  • Battle rating in
    • arcade battles 3.7
    • realistic battles 3.7
    • simulator battles 4

Extended parameters

Arcade Battles
  • Price 77,000€
  • Wp bonus 100%
  • Exp bonus 136%
  • Max speed 508 km/h
  • Turn time 21.0 s
  • Training cost 22,000€
  • Climb speed 12.7 m/s
  • Airfield len 480 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot) 5.17 kg/s
  • Max altitude 10050 m
  • Max speed alt 4572 m
  • Weapon presets 5
  • Full repair cost 1,180€
  • Weapon
    20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon x4 (Ammo: 640) Reload Time 40s
  • Full repair time crew 5h 34m
Realistic Battles
  • Price 77,000€
  • Wp bonus 270%
  • Exp bonus 136%
  • Max speed 508 km/h
  • Turn time 21.0 s
  • Training cost 22,000€
  • Climb speed 12.7 m/s
  • Airfield len 480 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot) 5.17 kg/s
  • Max altitude 10050 m
  • Max speed alt 4572 m
  • Weapon presets 5
  • Full repair cost 2,592€
  • Weapon
    20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon x4 (Ammo: 640) Reload Time 40s
  • Full repair time crew 9h 47m
Simulator Battles
  • Price 77,000€
  • Wp bonus 260%
  • Exp bonus 136%
  • Max speed 508 km/h
  • Turn time 21.0 s
  • Training cost 22,000€
  • Climb speed 12.7 m/s
  • Airfield len 480 m
  • Free repairs 10
  • Mass per sec (shot) 5.17 kg/s
  • Max altitude 10050 m
  • Max speed alt 4572 m
  • Weapon presets 5
  • Full repair cost 2,720€
  • Weapon
    20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon x4 (Ammo: 640) Reload Time 40s
  • Full repair time crew 10h 36m

Firefly F Mk I / statistics for the last 1 month

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Arcade Battles
  • Battles 168
  • Win rate 50.72%
  • Air frags per battle 0.95
  • Air frags per death 0.8
  • Ground frags per battle 1.79
  • Ground frags per death 1.57
Realistic Battles
  • Battles 64
  • Win rate 83.1%
  • Air frags per battle 0.32
  • Air frags per death 0.41
  • Ground frags per battle 3.53
  • Ground frags per death 3.92
Simulator Battles
  • Battles N/A
  • Win rate N/A
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle N/A
  • Ground frags per death N/A

Wiki info about Firefly F Mk I

Official War Thunder wiki

The Fairey Aviation Company had a long and successful relationship with the British Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, perhaps best summed up by test pilot Captain Eric Brown who described their aircraft as supremely versatile, reliable and possessing fine handling qualities, performance and firepower. The Firefly would be no different. Working under chief designer HE Chaplin, the Fairey team set about answering the call to Naval Spec N.5/40 for a fast, two seat shipborne fighter. The Fairey team had already gained much experience with the successful Fulmar, and had a good basis to work from; however, the Fulmar’s Merlin was replaced with the superior Griffon engine and a more advanced, elliptical wing design was adopted, housing an impressive punch of four 20mm Hispano cannon. Further design features included the Youngman area-increasing wing flap. The Firefly was a completely new aircraft rather than an improved Fulmar and was designed from the outset as a true multi-role aircraft with ground strike capabilities. The first prototype was flown successfully in December 1941. A true pilot’s aircraft, the Firefly handled well, was notably robust, capable of speeds of 319 mph at 17,000 feet and was a good deck lander, although the pilot’s view on final approach was poorer than its predecessor. It also had a range of nearly 1100 miles and could carry eight 60 lb rockets or two 1000 lb bombs in addition to its impressive firepower. After a further period of testing and consolidation which led to the adoption of a horn balanced rudder and metal ailerons, an order for 200 Firefly I aircraft was placed and the first examples rolled off the production line in March 1943. After carrier trials in July, 1770 Naval Air Squadron was formed as the first Firefly squadron at RNAS Yeovilton in October 1943. Fireflies acquitted themselves well in their part in the series of strikes against the German battleship Tirpitz and in anti-shipping sorties in the ETO, but it would be in the Far East that the new fighter/strike aircraft would prove its worth. Playing not only an integral role in the ground attack elements of the famous Palembang raids, the Firefly also accounted for three Japanese fighters destroyed in air-to-air combat. Some 800 Firefly I’s were built and continued to serve with distinction until the end of the war, but further advances in the design meant that the end of the war was certainly not the end of the Firefly’s story.