Skua Collection

British aircraft camouflage, 1941
British aircraft camouflage, showing how the colours appear to merge into their surroundings, 1941. Date: 1941. Aircraft include Blenheim Bomber, Hudson Bomber, Wellington Bomber, Skua Bomber

WW2 - Blackburn Skuas Capture Italian Cant
An illustration of some British WW2 Blackburn Skua bombers forcing down and capturing an Italian Cant 506b float plane in the Mediterranean. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Blackburn Skua
An illustration which shows a British WW2 Blackburn Skua dive bomber in action, displaying the reknowned level of manoeuvrability. Date: circa 1940s

Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
Parasitic jaeger, arctic skua or parasitic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic gull, Larus parasiticus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

First production Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2867
First production Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2867

Blackburn Skua diving with brakes extended The Skua never quite lived up to its early promise, being replaced by the equally dubious Fairey Barracuda

Blackburn Skua with arrester wire hook down landing aboard an aircraft carrier

Blackburn Skua II - Fleet-fighter Dive Bomber. Date: circa 1940s

A Blackburn B-25 Rocs alongside a B-24 Skua

Blackburn B-24 Skua II L3007
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L3007, in an experimental red stripped paint scheme

Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2920
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2920

Blackburn B-24 Skua II

Blackburn B-24 Skua IIs

Blackburn B-24 Skua IIs from the second production batch, including L2953. These were delivered to the Admiralty in May 1939. Date: 1939

Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2951
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2951

Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2885
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2885, was used by the Bristol Aeroplane Co for engine proving. It is seen here with a Bristol Perseus XII radial

de Havilland DH98 Mosquito FBVI RS625
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2885, was used by the Bristol Aeroplane Co for engine proving

The first Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2883
The first Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2883, to have an arrester hook fitted

First production Blackburn B-24 Skua II L2867
First production Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L2867

First prototype Blackburn B-24 Skua I K5178
First prototype Blackburn B-24 Skua I, K5178

de Havilland DH91 Albatross alongside Blackburn Skua first prototype K5178 at the Royal Air Force Display at Hendon

Stercoraarius pomarinus, pomarine skua
Pomarine skua egg specimens

Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine skua
Plate 253 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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