General Aircraft Fleet Shadower

G.A.L.38 Fleet Shadower
General information
TypeCarrier-based fleet shadower
ManufacturerGeneral Aircraft Ltd
Primary userFleet Air Arm
Number built1
History
First flight13 May 1940
Retired1941

The General Aircraft G.A.L.38 Fleet Shadower was a British long-range patrol aircraft design of the immediate pre-Second World War period. The Fleet Shadower was a highly specialised aircraft intended to follow enemy naval forces over long periods of time and radio back position information. However, the concept produced an ungainly and ultimately unsuccessful type. The Airspeed Fleet Shadower, built to the same requirement and of broadly similar appearance, also did not progress past the prototype stage.

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