on 1 May 1945 against Specification S.10/45 and powered by Napier E.212 engine, but the order was cancelled and the aircraft were not built. Operators Fleet Air Arm (never entered service) Specifications (Blackburn Firecrest) See also References Bibliography Brown, Eric. "The Firebrand...Blackburn's Baby 'Battleship'". Air International, July 1978, Vol. 15:1. pp. 25–31, 46–47. . Buttler, Tony. British Secret Projects: Fighters & Bombers 1935–1950. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. . Buttler, Tony. "Something Useful! Blackburn's 'Firecrest', Son of Firebrand". Air Enthusiast. No. 82, July/August 1999. pp. 55–59. . Jackson, A. J. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909. London: Putnam, 1968. . Mason, Francis K. The British Fighter Since 1912. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1992. . Sturtivant, Ray. Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft Since 1946. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain, 2004. . Further reading Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom Firecrest 1940s British fighter aircraft Carrier-based aircraft Inverted gull-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Low-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1947