In the period covered by this book, fixed-wing naval aircraft saw considerable service between 1950 and 1953 during the Korean War, and were in action briefly during the Suez Campaign in late 1956. By the time of the Falklands War in late 1982 the only practical fixed-wing capacity was the few Sea Harrier squadrons, which acquitted themselves well.

This book gives detailed individual histories of all FAA aircraft flown from the beginning of 1946 until the present day, the earlier entries following on from those in the authors' previous book 'FAA Aircraft 1939 to 1945'. In all over 8,500 aircraft are covered, including those British-built aircraft which served in the post-war years with the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy carrying British serials. In most cases precise movement dates are given between units as well as details of both minor and major accidents including the names of aircrew involved. An index of names has nearly 7,000 entries.

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