Supermarine Attacker
The Supermarine Attacker was a British single-seat naval jet fighter designed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The type has the distinction of being the first jet fighter to enter operational service with the FAA.
Performing its maiden flight on 27 July 1946, the flight testing phase of development was protracted due to several issues, including handling difficulties. The first Attackers were introduced to FAA service during August 1951. Common to the majority of other first-generation jet fighters, the Attacker had a relatively short service life before being replaced; this was due to increasingly advanced aircraft harnessing the jet engine being rapidly developed during the 1950s and 1960s. Despite its retirement by the FAA during 1954, only three years following its introduction, the Attacker would be adopted by the newly formed Pakistan Air Force, who would continue to operate the type possibly as late as 1964.
Photographs
Prototypes
First Prototype TS409
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409 
First Attacker Prototype TS409
Second Prototype TS413
Second Attacker Prototype TS413 
Second Attacker Prototype TS413 
Second Attacker Prototype TS413 
Second Attacker Prototype TS413 
Second Attacker Prototype TS413
Supermarine Attacker Photos
Supermarine Attacker Line Drawing 
Supermarine Attacker Production Line 
Supermarine Attacker 
Supermarine Attacker 
Supermarine Attacker 
Supermarine Attacker 
Supermarine Attackers on an Aircraft Carrier’s Deck 
Supermarine Attackers at Abbotsinch 28 June 1958 
Supermarine Attacker Landing on an Aircraft Carrier 
Supermarine Attacker After a Landing Accident 
Supermarine Attacker Landing Accident 
Supermarine Attacker Cockpit
Attacker F.1
Supermarine Attacker F.1 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA469 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA469 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA469 
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Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA473 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA473 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA473 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA473 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA473 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA485 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA486 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA496 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA496 
Supermarine Attacker F.1 WA497
Attacker FB.1
Supermarine Attacker FB.1 WA531 
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Supermarine Attacker FB.1 WA535 
Supermarine Attacker FB.1 
Supermarine Attacker FB.1 WT851
Attacker FB.2
Supermarine Attacker FB.2 
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Supermarine Attacker FB.2 WP282 
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Supermarine Attacker FB.2 WK331 
Supermarine Attacker FB.2 WZ283 
Supermarine Attacker FB.2 in an Aircraft Carrier’s Crash Barrier
