Название: Firey Swordfish MKS I-III
Автор(ы): Ray Rimmel
Издательство: Linewrights Ltd.
Серия: Aeroguide Classic 04
Год: 1988
Страниц: 48
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 84 MB

The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber designed by the Fairey Aviation Company, used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was an outdated design by the start of the war in 1939, but remained in front-line service until V-E Day, outliving several types intended to replace it. It was initially operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft; during its later years it was used as an anti-submarine and training craft. The Swordfish achieved some spectacular successes, notably in sinking one battleship and damaging two others of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck that contributed to her eventual demise.