The names don't ring a bell, can you post some pictures to refresh my memory?

I doubt it unless this was against inferior types. The Fairey aircraft were not noted for their looks or performance. The company seems to have lost its way after the delightful little Flycatcher (1922). http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=361
This was possibly a result of doing its best to satisfy unrealistic specifications* issued by the Admiralty which seemed to have an unexplained loyalty to the company. (I often suspected that Fairey Aviation might be the only company prepared to attempt to meet these specifications.)

At the time the Fulmar & Firefly were designed the RN insisted on an extra crew member being carried on carrier-borne fighter aircraft. The extra weight alone would obviously affect performance compared with a single-seater fighter of the same power. The Fairey Battle suffered in a similar fashion by meeting an Air Ministry specification for a single-engined day bomber. It was obsolete before it entered service in 1937 & many brave crews died in this deathtrap in the early months of WWII.

*PS. This is not unusual even today. Nobody in power seems to learn anything from history & nothing of any use was ever designed by a committee. The most successful British aircraft during WWII (including the Hurricane & Spitfire) were produced as private ventures by the manufacturers at considerable financial risk.

http://my.tele2.ee/airacesww2/airaces/aces/ukaces/ukacese.htm

Spotted this reference which seems to indicate an FAA pilot "S Orr" with 12 victories - aircraft indicated as the Fulmar.  Whether all victories were in the Fulmar or in other aircraft (FAA pilots seconded to the RAF during the Battle of Britain scored some victories, as well), would be a matter of further research.

Maybe one of our readers could post more information?

(Okay, that's it. I'm swearing off UK aviation magazines for the rest of the month!)

Is it me or do those pictures make them resemble a Spitfire and a Hawker Tempest, repsectively?

Very similar characteristics.

I did read one description of the Firefly which stated that the navigator was armed with "rolls of Admiralty brown which, when thrown caused more than one e/a to veer sharply away from the terrifying new weapon of the dastardly British"!

 I'm afraid to ask this question (cuz I think I know what the answer is!), but being that I'm a dumb Yank, what are "rolls of Admiralty brown"?

P.S.:  Thanks for all the feedback.  It seems that there is atleast one Fulmar ace, Lt. Orr.  I remember reading that Fulmars were fairly active in the defence of Malta against the Italians.  Perhaps this is where Lt. Orr scored his victories?

P.S.S.:  Thanks Hagar for the photos, they give good contrast between the two aircraft.

I found this obituary. It seems that "Stan" Orr died only last year. Another veteran gone.
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  Now this is a surprise to me.  I know that the F6F was flown by the Brits, but I was unaware of any victories scored while in their use.

 How do you get .83 of a kill?
  I know that shared kills are worth 1/2 and in some cases aircraft distroyed on the ground can be considered as part or even a whole kill, but how do you get .83 of a kill?

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  That makes sense, I've heard of shared victories that were counted as 1/3 of a kill.