Blackburn B-54

The Blackburn B-54 was a prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It shared a common airframe with the Blackburn B-88. The B-54 had a piston engine while the B-88 had a gas turbine driving large contra-rotating propellers. The program was cancelled in favour of the Fairey Gannet aircraft. Two prototypes were built WB781 and WB788.