Overview
The Fairey P.4/34 is a British light carrier bomber developed for Air Ministry Specification P.4/34 in 1934, requesting a Light day bomber for tactical close-support. The design was competing against the Hawker Henley Mk.I. The aircraft was later submitted for Specification O.8/38 in 1938, requesting a Naval carrier-borne fighter and observation aircraft which a development of it was accepted; the Fairey Fulmar, which was based on the second prototype.
Outfitting and Payload
The payload of the aircraft was to be intended to be a pair of 250 lb bombs. Most likely General Purpose bombs however similar aircraft of the era also did begin to use Medium Capacity 250lb bombs as well in the Fleet Air Arm.
It only carried a single .303 British Browning Mark II.
  British Aircraft of WWII  
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| Biplanes | |||
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| Propeller Propulsion | |||
| Fighters | Carrier Fighter | Nimrod • Sea Gladiator | |
| Fighter | Fantôme • Firefly II • Fox • Fury • G.4/31 (Fairey) • G.4/31 (Parnall) • Gauntlet • Gladiator (F.Mk.I • F.Mk.II) • Kangourou • Nighthawk | ||
| Bombers | Carrier Dive Bomber | Albacore • Swordfish | |
| Dive Bomber | [[]] | ||
| Light Bomber | Gordon • Hind | ||
| Utility | Reconnaissance | Fairey S.9/30 • Seafox • Seal • Sea Otter • Walrus | |
| Utility | Sea Otter | ||
| Monoplanes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Propeller Propulsion | |||
| Fighters | Carrier Fighter | Attacker • Firefly • Fulmar • Roc • Seafang (F.31 • F.32) • Seafire • Sea Fury • Sea Hurricane • Skua | |
| Fighter | Hotspur • Hurricane • Spiteful • Spitfire (Mk 22) • Tempest • Tornado • Type 224 • Typhoon | ||
| Heavy Fighter | P.1005 • Whirlwind (Mk.I • Mk.II) | ||
| Carrier Strike Fighter | Firebrand (T.F.Mk.IV) • Firecrest | ||
| Surface Attack | Carrier Dive Bomber | Barracuda • Skua • Spearfish • Type 322 | |
| Dive Bomber | Henley (Mk.I • Mk.II) | ||
| Bombers | Light Bomber | Battle • Blenheim • Boston • Mosquito • P.1005 | |
| Carrier Light Bomber | P.4/34 (Fairey) | ||
| Medium Bomber | Buckingham • Hampden • Ventura • Wellington • Whitley | ||
| Heavy Bomber | Halifax • Hendon • Lancaster • Manchester • Stirling • Type 317 • Type 318 • Type-C | ||
| High-Speed Bomber | P.1005 | ||
| Maritime Bomber | [[]] | ||
| Torpedo Bomber | Barracuda • Beaufort | ||
| Utility | Reconnaissance | [[]] | |
| Target Tug or Drones | Henley TT Mk.III | ||
| Trainers | Primer | ||
| Transport | [[]] | ||
| Utility | [[]] | ||
| Jet Propulsion | |||
| Fighters | Fighter | Meteor (F.1 • F.2 • F.3 • F.4) | |
| Interceptor | [[]] | ||
| Night Fighter | [[]] | ||
| Ground Attack | Dive Bomber | [[]] | |
| Ground Attacker | [[]] | ||
| Bombers | Light Bomber | [[]] | |
| Medium Bomber | [[]] | ||
| Long-Range Bomber | [[]] | ||
| Utility | Glider | [[]] | |
| Guided Missile | [[]] | ||
| Reconnaissance | [[]] | ||
| Trainer | [[]] | ||
| Rocket Propulsion | |||
| Fighters | Fighter | [[]] | |
| Interceptor | [[]] | ||
| Bombers | Long-Range Bomber | [[]] | |
| Utility | Glider | [[]] | |
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