Work in Progress draft for Allied Lore aircraft Thread - Red Alert 3 Paradox mod for C&C: Red Alert 3

FAIREY FIREBOLT- RAF monoplane fighter

Country of origin: UK
Produced at: Fairey Aviation

Key Features: Powerful Rolls-Royce piston engine
20mm cannon (x2)
.50cal MG (x4)
Multi-purpose underwing hard points (x2)
Royal Air Force Roundels

Ask any British schoolboy what his favourite planes of the last war was, and you’ll get many many different answers. But likely as not, somewhere high up on that list is the graceful, deadly, and utterly beautiful Fairey Firebolt; a fighter that ruled the skies in the early days of WWII.

Knife thin elliptical wings and a carefully crafted fuselage created a sleek, graceful machine that was a pilot's dream; fast, manouverable, and yet easy to fly. Coupled to a battery of four .50 cal Browning Machineguns and two 20mm machine cannon, she had the teeth to bite into any Soviet aircraft. Within two months of being brought into service, the cry of "Firebolt, 12 o'clock High" would send Soviet pilots all but running for home.

But sadly, technology marched on as it always does, and the arrival of the MiG-9 spelled an end to it’s dominion of the skies. But though the Firebolt was down, it was not out. The fittings for the drop tanks turned out, with only minor tinkering, to be ideal for mounting bombs and/or rockets, giving the Firebolt a new lease of life as a fast ground attack aircraft; and even then, it was still more than capable of squaring off against most Soviet helicopters. Throughout the whole war, the howl of the Rolls-Royce engines would serve as a great morale-booster for the Allied troops on the ground.

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As is obvious, the Firebolt described here is the Paradox equivalent of the legendary Supermarine Spitfire, specifically the Mark IX, considered the definative version.

Edited by: GoodKeenMan