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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = Fairey III
  |image = File:HMS Furious-18.jpg
  |caption = Fairey IIIF on {{HMS|Furious|47|6}}
  |type = reconnaissance aircraft
  |manufacturer = [[Fairey Aviation]]
  |designer = 
  |first_flight = 14 September [[1917 in aviation|1917]] 
  |introduction = 1918
  |retired =1942
  |status =
  |primary_user = [[Royal Air Force]]
  |more_users = [[Fleet Air Arm]] 
  |produced = 
  |number_built = 964
  |unit cost = 
  |developed_from =
  |variants = [[Fairey Gordon]]<br>[[Fairey Seal]]
}}

The [[Fairey Aviation Company]] '''Fairey III''' was a family of British [[reconnaissance]] [[biplane]]s that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both landplane and [[seaplane]] variants. First flying on 14 September 1917, examples were still in use during the [[Second World War]].

==Design and development==
The prototype of the Fairey III was the '''N.10''' [[floatplane]], which was designed and built in 1917 by [[Fairey Aviation]] (along with the smaller N.9) to meet [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] Specification N.2(a) for a [[Aircraft carrier|carrier-based]] seaplane for the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] during the First World War. N.10, also known by its constructor's number F.128 was a two-bay biplane with [[folding wing]]s and powered by a 260&nbsp;hp (190&nbsp;kW) [[Sunbeam Maori]] engine. It first flew from the Port Victoria seaplane station on the [[Isle of Grain]], Kent on 14 September 1917.<ref name="Taylor p71">Taylor 1988, p.71.</ref>

Following tests both as a floatplane and with a conventional wheeled [[Landing gear|undercarriage]], production orders were placed for two versions both powered by the Maori, the '''IIIA''' and '''IIIB''', with 50 and 60 aircraft planned, respectively. The Fairey IIIA was a reconnaissance aircraft intended to operate from [[aircraft carrier]]s, and as such was fitted with a wheeled or skid undercarriage, while the IIIB was intended as a floatplane [[bomber]], with larger span (increased from 46&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in/14.19 m to 62&nbsp;ft 9&nbsp;in/19.13&nbsp;m) upper wings and a bombload of three 230&nbsp;lb (105&nbsp;kg) bombs.<ref name="Mason Bomber p89-90">Mason 1994, pp. 89–90.</ref> While all 50 IIIAs were built, only 28 of the IIIBs were completed as intended, as a new improved bomber/reconnaissance floatplane, the '''Fairey IIIC''' was available, of which 36 were produced, which reverted to short equal-span wings like the IIIA but was powered by the much more powerful and reliable 375&nbsp;hp (280&nbsp;kW) [[Rolls-Royce Eagle]] VIII engine and could still carry a useful bombload. Many of the IIIBs were completed as IIICs.<ref name="Mason Bomber p90">Mason 1994, p.90.</ref>

The first major production model was the '''IIID''', which was an improved IIIC, with provision for a third crewmember and capable of being fitted with either a floatplane or a conventional wheeled undercarriage.<ref name="Mason Bomber p131">Mason 1994, p.131.</ref> It first flew in August [[1920 in aviation|1920]],<ref name="Taylor p96">Taylor 1988, p.96.</ref> powered by a Rolls-Royce Eagle, and initial production for the [[Fleet Air Arm]], together with aircraft produced for Australia and Portugal retained the Eagle, while later aircraft were powered by the more powerful [[Napier Lion]].<ref name="Taylor p96"/> The naval variants were usually three-seaters (pilot, observer and gunner); and the wings could be folded back parallel to the [[fuselage]] for storage aboard ship. In floatplane configuration, carrier-borne Fairey IIIs would be launched from the deck using a trolley and would land on the water upon their return. The Fairey III floatplane could also be [[catapult]]-launched from a ship. The IIID had a wooden, fabric-covered [[fuselage]] and usually a wooden, two-blade, fixed-pitch [[Propeller (aircraft)|propeller]]. One IIID was built with metal wings and floats. A total of 207 IIIDs were produced for the Fleet Air Arm and RAF (Royal Air Force), with a further 20 being built for export.<ref name="Taylor p96">Taylor 1988, p.96.</ref>

[[File:100 years of the RAF MOD 45163722.jpg|thumb|IIIF's of 47 Squadron on the Blue Nile at Khartoum in 1930]]

A Fairey III floatplane (''G-EALQ'') with a 450&nbsp;hp Napier Lion was entered into the Air Ministry Commercial Amphibian Competition of September 1920.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%201011.html "The Air Ministry Seaplane (Amphibian) Competition"]. ''Flight'', Vol. XII, No. 682, 23 September 1920, p. 1013.</ref>

The most prolific and enduring of the Fairey IIIs was the final model, the '''IIIF''', which was designed to meet [[List of Air Ministry Specifications#1920-1929|Air Ministry Specification 19/24]] for a three-seat spotter/reconnaissance aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm and a two-seat general purpose aircraft for the [[Royal Air Force]]. The IIIF, which first flew on 20 April 1926,<ref name="Taylor p145">Taylor 1988, p.145.</ref> had a more streamlined engine installation and initially a fuselage of mixed metal and wooden construction, with wings similar to the IIID's, although later production aircraft were fitted with all-metal fuselages and wings.<ref name="Jarrett 1 p60-1">Jarrett March 1994, pp.60–61.</ref>

Over 350 IIIFs were operated by the Fleet Air Arm, making it the most widely used type of aircraft in Fleet Air Arm service between the wars<ref name="Thetford Naval p124">Thetford 1978, p.124.</ref> and also the second most produced British military aircraft of the inter-war years behind the [[Hawker Hart]] family.<ref name="Thetford Aeroplane p33">Thetford May 1994, p.33.</ref>

Three IIIFs were modified as a radio-controlled gunnery [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer]], known as the '''Fairey Queen'''. The Fairey IIIF was also the basis for development of the [[Fairey Gordon|Gordon]] and [[Fairey Seal|Seal]].

==Operational history==

===Early versions===
The IIIA and IIIB saw limited service towards the end of the war, with some IIIBs being used for [[Naval mine|mine]]-spotting duty from the seaplane station at [[Westgate-on-Sea]].<ref name="Taylor p.78">Taylor 1988, p.78.</ref> The IIIC entered service in November 1918, but did not carry out any combat patrols owing to the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|Armistice]] ending hostilities with Germany. Seven IIICs were deployed to [[Arkhangelsk]] in 1919 by the [[seaplane tender]] {{HMS|Pegasus|1917|6}} in support of the [[North Russian Expeditionary Force]]. They were used to carry out bombing attacks against Bolshevik shipping and rail communications.<ref name="Taylor p86">Taylor 1988, p.86.</ref>

===IIID===
The IIID was operated by the [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Arm]] as well as the [[Portuguese Naval Aviation|Naval Aviation]] of [[Portugal]] (11 aircraft) and the [[air force]]s of [[Australia]].

[[File:P00589.005GobleSeaplane.jpg|thumb|Fairey IIID floatplane during a circumnavigation of Australia in 1924]]

Australia received six IIIDs, the first being delivered in August 1921. In [[1924 in aviation|1924]], the third of the Australian IIIDs, designated ''ANA.3'' (or ''Australian Naval Aircraft No. 3''), flown by Stanley Goble (later Air Vice Marshal) and Ivor McIntyre was awarded the [[Britannia Trophy]] by the [[Royal Aero Club]] for circumnavigating Australia in 44 days. The IIID remained in Australian service until 1928.<ref name="Issacs">Isaacs 1984, pp.40–49.</ref>

Portugal ordered its first IIIDs in 1921. Its first aircraft, modified as the F.400 and named "Lusitânia", was used for an attempt to fly across the South Atlantic  and demonstrate the new aerial navigation system devised by [[Gago Coutinho]], the navigator. The voyage started on 30 March 1922 (Flyers Day in Portugal), stopping at [[Las Palmas]], [[São Vicente, Cape Verde]] and achieving the main navigation goal of [[Saint Peter and Paul Rocks]], where it was lost during refuelling.<ref name="Taylor p98-100">Taylor 1988, pp.98–100.</ref> The journey was finished using another two standard aircraft (the second of which was immediately lost in the sea), completing the [[first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic]], 72 days after their departure from Lisbon. The last aircraft, "Santa Cruz", is currently displayed at the [[Museu de Marinha]], in Portugal.

The IIID entered Fleet Air Arm Service in 1924, operating from shore bases, aircraft carriers and floats until replaced by the IIIF in 1930. The RAF Cape Flight used four IIIDs to carry out a long distance formation flight from [[Cairo]] to [[Cape Town]] and back in 1926, the first long range formation flight by the RAF and the first RAF flight to South Africa.<ref name="Taylor p102-3">Taylor 1988, p.102–103.</ref> Fleet Air Arm IIIDs were used to defend British interests in [[Shanghai]] against rebel Chinese forces in 1927.<ref name="Thetford Navy p116">Thetford 1978, p.116.</ref>

===IIIF===
[[File:Fariey IIIF of NZPAF.JPG|thumb|Fairey IIIF of the [[New Zealand]] Permanent Air Force]]

The IIIF entered service with the RAF in [[Egypt]] and with Fleet Air Arm Catapult flights in [[1927 in aviation|1927]],<ref name="Taylor p147">Taylor 1988, p.147.</ref><ref name="Mason Bomber p178">Mason 1994, p.178.</ref> and with the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] shortly after. The RAF used the IIIF to equip general-purpose squadrons in Egypt, [[Sudan]], [[Aden]] and [[Jordan]], where its ability to operate from both wheels and floats proved useful. The [[Westland Wapiti]] carried out similar roles in [[Iraq]] and [[British India|India]].<ref name="Thetford Service p33">Thetford 1994, p.33.</ref> The IIIF was used for colonial policing and for further long distance flights. The RAF replaced the [[Airco DH.9A]] with the IIIF in the home based Day-Bomber role, and, in the absence of sufficient long range [[flying boat]]s, used them for maritime patrol duties by [[No. 202 Squadron RAF|202 Squadron]] from [[RAF Hal Far|Hal Far]] [[Malta]].<ref name="Thetford Service p34-5">Thetford 1994, pp.34–35.</ref>

In the Fleet Air Arm, the IIIF replaced the IIID as a spotter-reconnaissance aircraft, operating on floats from the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[cruiser]]s and [[battleship]]s, and with wheels, from the aircraft carriers {{HMS|Furious|47|6}}, {{HMS|Eagle|1918|2}}, {{HMS|Courageous|50|2}}, {{HMS|Glorious||2}} and {{HMS|Hermes|95|2}}.<ref name="Taylor p148">Taylor 1988, p.148.</ref>

The IIIF remained in front line service well into the 1930s, with the last front line RAF squadron, 202 Squadron, re-equipping with [[Supermarine Scapa]]s in August 1935.<ref name="Thetford Service p202">Thetford 1994, p.202.</ref> The final front line Fleet Air Arm squadron, [[822 Naval Air Squadron|822 Squadron]] retained the IIIF until 1936.<ref name="Thetford Navy p126">Thetford 1978, p.126.</ref> The IIIF remained in use in second line roles, and despite being declared obsolete in 1940,<ref name="Thetford Navy p128">Thetford 1978, p.128.</ref> some were still in use as target tugs as late as [[1941 in aviation|1941]].<ref name="Mason Bomber p128">Mason 1994, p.128.</ref>

===Civil use===
The first prototype III was purchased back by Fairey in 1919, fitted with new, single bay wings and a Napier Lion engine and entered into the 1919 [[Schneider Trophy]] race, on 10 September. The race was abandoned due to fog, however.<ref name="Taylor p72-4">Taylor 1988, pp.72–74.</ref>

Four IIICs were civilianized, some with an extra cockpit between the two standard ones and sometimes with an enlarged rear cockpit.  One carried five passengers, one in the extra cockpit and four in the rear.<ref name="Taylor p89">Taylor 1988, p.89</ref> One three seat civilianized IIIC (''G-EBDI'') was part of a ''Daily News'' sponsored multi-aircraft round the world flight in 1922, with [[Norman Macmillan (RAF officer)|Norman Macmillan]], [[W T Blake]] and cine-photographer G.H. Malins.  The aircraft, with Macmillan and Malins aboard was finally lost between [[Lakhidia Char]] and [[Chittagong]], but the crew were rescued.<ref name="Taylor p87-9">Taylor 1988, pp.87–89</ref>

A small number of civil operated IIIDs and IIIFs were used for survey duties in the 1920s and 30s, while in October 1934 a single IIIF was entered into the [[MacRobertson Air Race]], reaching the finishing line in [[Melbourne]] but too late to be classed as completing the race.<ref name="Jackson p200-203">Jackson 1973, pp.200–203.</ref>

==Variants==
[[File:Fairey III F.jpg|thumb|Fairey III F IV - single example used by [[RCAF]] for testing]]

;Fairey N.10
:The first Fairey III prototype.
;Fairey IIIA
:Two-seat reconnaissance biplane, powered by a 260&nbsp;hp (190&nbsp;kW) [[Sunbeam Maori II]] V-12 piston engine; 50 built.
;Fairey IIIB
:Three-seat patrol, bomber seaplane, powered by a [[Sunbeam Maori II]] V-12 piston engine, it had the same fuselage as the IIIA but the fin, wing and rudder had a larger area, it also had larger floats then the IIIA; 30 built.
;Fairey IIIC
:Two-seat reconnaissance, bomber and general-purpose seaplane, powered by a 375&nbsp;hp (280&nbsp;kW) [[Rolls-Royce Eagle]] V-12 piston engine; 36 built.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1922/1922%20-%200035.html "The New Fairey Long Distance Seaplane"] ''[[Flight International|Flight]]'', 19 January 1922, pp. 35-36</ref>
;Fairey IIID
:Two-seat general-purpose biplane, powered by a 375&nbsp;hp (280&nbsp;kW) [[Rolls-Royce Eagle]] V-12 or 450&nbsp;hp (336&nbsp;kW) [[Napier Lion]] W-12 piston engine; 227 built.<ref name="Taylor p94">Taylor 1988, p.94.</ref>
;Fairey IIIE
:Designation sometimes used for [[Fairey Ferret]] radial-engine reconnaissance and general purpose aircraft. Three built.<ref name="Taylor p129">Taylor 1988, p.129.</ref>
;Fairey IIIF
:Two-seat general-purpose biplane or three-seat spotter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by a [[Napier Lion]] W-12 piston engine.
;Fairey IIIF Mk.I
:First production version of the Fairey IIIF. Three-seat spotter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by a [[Napier Lion VA]] W-12 piston engine, of composite wood and metal construction. 55 built.<ref name="Taylor p165">Taylor 1988, p.165.</ref>
;Fairey IIIF Mk.II
:Three-seat spotter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by a [[Napier Lion XIA]] W-12 piston engine, of composite wood and metal construction; 33 built.<ref name="Taylor p165"/>
;Fairey IIIF Mk.III
:Three-seat spotter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by a Napier Lion XIA piston engine, with a fabric-covered all-metal structure; 291 built.<ref name="Taylor p165"/>
;Fairey IIIF Mk.IV
:Two-seat general purpose biplane for the [[RAF]], in both composite construction and all-metal versions. Powered by a [[Napier Lion XIA]] W-12 piston engine; 243 built.<ref name="Taylor p165"/>
;Fairey IIIF Mk.V
:The original designation of the [[Fairey Gordon|Gordon]].
;Fairey IIIF Mk.VI
:Original designation of the [[Fairey Seal|Seal]].
;Queen IIIF
:Radio-controlled gunnery training aircraft; Three built.
;Fairey IIIM
:Civil version; three built.
;Fairey F.400
:The first IIID (manufacturers serial number F.400) for the Portuguese Navy was delivered as a special long-range variant with an extended wing-span of 61 feet. It was also referred to as the Fairey Transatlantic and given the name ''Luzitania'' when it was used for an attempt to fly across the South Atlantic in 1922, stopping at [[Las Palmas]], [[São Vicente, Cape Verde]] before being lost making a refuelling stop at the [[Saint Peter and Paul Rocks]].<ref name="Taylor p98-100" />

==Operators==
; {{AUS}}
* [[Royal Australian Air Force]] - IIID (Six originally ordered by the Royal Australian Navy but transferred to the newly formed air force)
; {{ARG}}
*[[Argentine Naval Aviation]] - Purchased six IIIF MkIIIM (Special) powered by 450&nbsp;hp (336&nbsp;kW) [[Lorraine 12E Courlis|Lorraine Dietrich Ed12]] engine in 1928. They entered service in 1929. The remaining aircraft were re-engined with Armstrong Siddeley Panthers in 1935, with the last aircraft being retired in 1942.<ref name="Aero database p83-4">Jarrett ''Aeroplane'' November 2011, pp. 83–84.</ref>
;{{flag|Canada|1921}}
*[[Royal Canadian Air Force]] - One Fairey IIIC aircraft, one IIIF aircraft
; {{CHL}}
* [[Chilean Air Force]] - IIIF
* [[Chilean Navy]] - IIIF
;{{flag|Egypt|1922}}
* Egypt bought a single IIIF in 1939.<ref name="Aero database p85">Jarrett ''Aeroplane'' November 2011, p. 85.</ref>
; {{GRE}}
* [[Hellenic Air Force]]
* [[Hellenic Navy]] - IIIF<ref name="Aero database p85"/>
; {{IRL}}
* [[Irish Air Corps]] - purchased a single IIIF MkII in 1928, being destroyed in a crash in 1934.<ref name="Aero database p85"/>
; {{NLD}}
* [[Netherlands Naval Aviation Service]] - IIID
; {{NZL}}
* [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] - New Zealand purchased two IIIF MkIIIMs in 1928, adding another in 1933, with one remaining in use in 1940.<ref name="Aero database p85"/>
; {{POR}}
* [[Portuguese Air Force]]
* [[Portuguese Naval Aviation]] - IIID
; {{USSR}}
* [[Soviet Air Force]] - One Fairey IIIF aircraft, used for tests and trials. 
; {{SWE}}
* [[Royal Swedish Navy]] - IIID
; {{UK}}
* [[Royal Air Force]] - IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, IIIF<ref name="Halley p352">Halley 1980, p. 352.</ref>
** [[No. 8 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 14 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 22 Squadron RAF]]<ref name="Thetford Service p38">Thetford 1994, p. 38.</ref>
** [[No. 24 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 35 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 45 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 47 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 202 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 203 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 207 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 219 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 229 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 230 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 267 Squadron RAF]]
* [[Fleet Air Arm]] - IIID, IIIF<ref name="Thetford Navy p128"/>
** [[820 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[822 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[823 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[824 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[825 Naval Air Squadron]]

==Surviving aircraft==
[[File:Fairey F III-D nº 17 Santa Cruz.JPG|thumb|Fairey IIID preserved at the Portuguese [[Museu de Marinha]]]]

A single example of the Fairey III is preserved in Portugal's ''[[Museu de Marinha]]'' (Naval Museum). This is the airplane that finished the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. The British [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]] has a fuselage.

==Specifications (Fairey IIIF Mk.IV)==
[[File:Fairey_III_3-view_L'Aéronautique_May,1926.png|thumb|Fairey III 3-view drawing from L'Aéronautique May,1926]]
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==See also==
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*[[Fairey Seal]]
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==References==
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===Bibliography===
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*{{cite magazine|last1=Vevis|first1=Gérassimos|last2=Karatzas|first2=Alexandre|name-list-style=amp |title=Les Hydravions Fairey IIIF grecs |magazine=Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire |date=June 1999 |issue=75 |pages=46–52 |trans-title=Greek Fairey IIIF Seaplanes |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}

==External links==
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* [https://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.com/2011/12/1929-1941-fairey-iiif.html Fairey IIIF in Greek service]

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