Fairey Albacore, part one

The Fairey Albacore was a British carrier-borne biplane torpedo-bomber that was built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It was used during the Second World War, had a crew of three and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance, level, dive and torpedo bombing.
It was commonly known as the "Applecore" and, although initially it was conceived as a replacement for the ageing Fairey Swordfish, it served alongside it and was even retired before, as it was replaced in 1944 by both the Fairey Barracuda and Grumman Avenger.
The prototypes were built to comply with the specification S.41/36 for a three-seat TSR (Torpedo/Spotter/Reconnaissance) for the Fleet Air Arm. It was designed as TBR (Torpedo/Bomber/Reconnaissance) and, like the Swordfish, it was capable of dive-bombing. It was ordered off the drawing board in May 1937 with the a contract put by the Air Ministry for two prototypes and a batch of 98 production aircraft. The prototype flew for the first time on 12th December 1938 at Fairey's Great Western Aerodrome (nowadays part of London Heathrow Airport) and production began in 1939. Apparently the prototype was also tested on floats at Hamble, Hampshire, in 1940 but it showed poor results so further development among those lines wasn't justified.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Albacore
2. http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Fairey%20Albacore.htm
3. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1390
4. https://www.valka.cz/Fairey-Albacore-Mk-I-t1348
5. Hall Park Books - Warpaint 52 - Fairey Albacore