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The Blackburn Roc is perhaps the most useless fighter ever foisted onto the Royal Navy. They knew it was worthless before it ever entered service but it was continued with to keep Boulton and Paul busy. Now at the same time as the Roc was being built Gloster were building the Hawker Henley, a potentially excellent combat aircraft that was wasted as a target tug. Now suppose early in 1939 with war on the horizon a stink is raised about the Navy's new fighter and a quick fix is looked for. It is decided that the Rocs will be converted into target tugs and that the Navy will be given the 202 Henley's to convert into fighters. To give the Henley the firepower for the roll they will be equipped with the cloth covered wings taken from RAF Hurricanes that are being upgraded with new metal ones. Naval radios and nav equipment are added are catapult points and of course a tail hook.
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