Blackburn Aircraft Company Details

01 / Overview

Blackburn Aircraft

Legal Name

Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company

Headquarters

Brough, United Kingdom

Founded

1914 (46 years)

Dissolved

1960

Structure

Private Company

Portfolio

20 platforms

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🏛 CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Parent Company Hawker Siddeley

Successor Hawker Siddeley

02 / Company Profile

COMPANY IDENTITY Private Company

1914 Founded · 46 years

Brough, United Kingdom · ⚠ Closed (1960)

PRODUCTION POWER archive data

Weapons & Equipment Produced

Systems Supplied

Operator Countries

Conflict Service

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN 5 categories

20 Produced

0 Supplied

Bomber Aircraft %45 9

Special Mission Aircraft %30 6

Fighter & Attack Aircraft %15 3

Transport & Cargo Aircraft %5 1

Surface Combatants %5 1

CORPORATE TIES

PARENT COMPANY ▲ Hawker Siddeley SUCCESSOR COMPANY ▼ Hawker Siddeley

CLASS LEADER?performance position within category

34This company's product average
(13 products)

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53Archive-wide average
(13517 products)

BUSIEST PRODUCTION AREAIntelligence / Recon Aircraft

This company (4 products)21

Intelligence / Recon Aircraftavg (410 products)35

This company's products fall below the archive average.

03 / Products & Production · 20 platforms

FLAGSHIP PRODUCTthe highest-scoring system in the portfolio

Ground Attack / CAS AircraftBlackburn Buccaneer1962–19772country

70

PRODUCT CATALOG 20 platforms

NAVAL STRIKE AIRCRAFT

SkuaPrime contractor 1938– 2 countries

GROUND ATTACK / CAS AIRCRAFT

Blackburn BuccaneerPrime contractor 1962–1977 70

MARITIME PATROL & ASW AIRCRAFT

Sunderland IPrime contractor 1938–1941 65 BlackburnPrime contractor 1922–1931 15

TACTICAL TRANSPORTS

Blackburn Beverley 1956–1958 55

TACTICAL / MEDIUM BOMBERS

Baffin Mk.IPrime contractor 1933–1935 39 Blackburn Botha 1939–1944 38 Blackburn Ripon 1929–1933 34

INTELLIGENCE / RECON AIRCRAFT

R.B.1 Iris 1929–1934 32 Blackburn Iris Mk III 1929–1934 23 KangarooPrime contractor 1918–1929 14 R.2 AiredalePrime contractor 1924–1924 13

AIR SUPERIORITY FIGHTERS

Blackburn Roc 1940–1943 24 ScoutPrime contractor 1914–1916 21

NAVAL STRIKE AIRCRAFT

Blackburn SharkPrime contractor 1934–1939 Dart 1922–1928 Fairey BarracudaPrime contractor 1943–1945 Fairey SwordfishPrime contractor 1936–1944 Mitsubishi B2M 1930–1932

BATTLESHIPS

Blackburn VelosPrime contractor 1925–1936

COLLABORATING COMPANIES5 joint producers

Valtion lentokonetehdasBlackburn Ripon Bristol Aeroplane CompanyScout Hewlett & BlondeauScout Short BrothersSunderland I Fairey Aviation CompanyFairey Barracuda

JOINT PRODUCERSfirms it co-produces with

Valtion lentokonetehdasBlackburn Ripon Bristol Aeroplane CompanyScout Hewlett & BlondeauScout Short BrothersSunderland I Fairey Aviation CompanyFairey Barracuda Fairey Aviation CompanyFairey Swordfish

04 / Trade & Deals · 2 deals

DEFENSE DEALS2 deals

Year	Buyer	Product / Service	Quantity	Amount	Type	Status
—	Finland	Blackburn Ripon	26	—	license-production	Delivered
—	South Africa	Blackburn Buccaneer	—	—	new-build	Delivered

05 / Global Reach · 22 countries · 5 conflicts

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT — COUNTRIES USING ITS PRODUCTS 22 country

CONFLICTS ITS PRODUCTS SERVED IN 5 conflict

1963–1967 Aden Emergency 1962 Brunei Revolt 1950–1953 Korean War 1941–1944 Continuation War 1939–1940 Winter War

06 / Competition

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