The Blackburn Roc is rated as one of the worst “fighters” ever designed. But let’s look at the method behind the madness.

The Blackburn Roc is rated as one of the worst “fighters” ever designed. But let’s look at the method behind the madness.
Built to a be both a dive-bomber and a fighter, the Skua was outclassed from the start. Despite this, it did remarkably well in the first 18 months of World War Two.