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	The Fairey Swordfish, Albacore, & Barracuda
		[3] ZENITH OF THE SWORDFISH: TARANTO AND THE BISMARCK
		The Swordfish was one of the many weapons that inflicted enough losses on the German submarine force to finally give the Allies the upper hand in the battle for the sea lanes.
		In August 1944, Swordfish IIs operating from the escort carriers VINDEX and STRIKER as part of the Murmansk convoy JW.59 took on a wolf pack of nine U-boats that were attempting to attack the convoy.
	www.vectorsite.net /avsword.html (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish
		The versatility of the Swordfish was immortalised in its moniker, the Stringbag.
		The Fairey Swordfish, one of the rarest World War II airplanes is awaiting restoration as another long-term project to be undertaken the museum as soon as the restoration of the Hawker Hurricane MkIIA is completed.
		Out of the 12 surviving Swordfish in various stages of restoration, one is in flying condition in Canada, two are in the UK with the Fleet Air Arm and there is another also at the Fleet Air Arm which is being restored to flying condition.
	www.maltaaviationmuseum.com /swordfish.asp (863 words)

	Fairey Swordfish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II.
		However, Swordfish flying from HMS Illustrious made a very significant strike, on November 11, 1940, against the Italian navy at Taranto, Italy and in May 1941 a Swordfish strike was vital in damaging the German battleship Bismarck, they also flew anti-shipping sorties from Malta.
		With the development of new torpedo attack aircraft the Swordfish was soon redeployed in an anti-submarine role, equipped with depth-charges or ten 27 kg rocket s and flying from the smaller escort carrier s or even Merchant Aircraft Carriers with RATO.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Fairey_Swordfish.html (518 words)

	Revell (Matchbox) 1/72 Fairey Swordfish Mk.I/III
		Fairey simply revised the design to meet Specification S.15/33, and the new aircraft was originally the Fairey T.S.R. From the outset, the specification was to include a floatplane configuration.
		In the early part of the war, the Swordfish was employed in the roles that it had been designed for, namely as a torpedo bomber and spotter/reconnaissance aircraft.
		The Swordfish were recovered and quickly rearmed with torpedoes which were now fitted with contact pistols after the lessons of the Sheffield attack, which had turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/raf/swordfish_revell.htm (3940 words)

	Fairey Swordfish - Scramble
		The Swordfish was in fact an obsolete aircraft in 1939, but during WW2 it got some successes, like the destruction of a Italian Cruiser in the Gulf of Taranto and the role it played in the sinking of the Bismarck.
		The Swordfish received the Stringbag nickname not because of its construction but because of the seemingly endless variety of stores and equipment that the aircraft was cleared to carry.
		Swordfish Mk IV Conversions of Mk II's, with an enclosed cockpit for colder areas (eastern coast of Canada).
	www.scramble.nl /wiki/index.php?title=Fairey_Swordfish&redirect=no (441 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Fairey Swordfish
		A Fairey Swordfish Mk.III with ASV Mk.XI radar between its wheel legs, dipole arrays on its wings struts, and rocket launching rails under the wings.
		The Swordfish was extremely easy to fly and easy to land on a carrier deck, a quality that would become very important for night operations on the small decks of escort carriers.
		Therefore the Swordfish was not necessarily an easy prey for a fighter, but it was during the long, slow and straight run that was required to launch a torpedo.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/swordfish.htm (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish
		Delivered from the private-venture Fairey T.S.R.1, the prototype of the Swordfish (K 4190) was first known as the T.S.R.2 and made its initial flight on 17th April, 1934, powered by 690 h.p.
		By 1938, the Swordfish had replaced all other torpedo bombers in British service, and by the outbreak of World War II in September, 1939, thirteen squadrons had been equipped with the "Stringbag", as it came to be known.
		On 11 April, Swordfish operating off the carrier HMS Furious launched a torpedo attack on two destroyers at harbor in Trondheim; the attack was ineffectual, but it was the first airborne torpedo attack of the war.
	www.planet.fi /~mohman/model/swordfish.html (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish - en
		Swordfish could be flown from aircraft carriers, even in rough seas.
		In Canada, Swordfish operated from the Naval Gunnery School in Yarmouth and the Royal Navy Station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
		In 1946, Fleet Requirement Unit 743 (RCN) was equipped with Swordfish.
	www.military.cz /british/air/war/bomber/swordfish/swordfish_en.htm (191 words)

	Tamiya 1/48 Fairey Swordfish Mk.II 61099 - £35.09
		The Tamiya's Fairey Swordfish is a wonderful example of the quality and precision which has made Tamiya one of the most renowned plastic model kit manufacturers in the world.
		Fairey Swordfish Mk.II in 1/48 scale, and includes accurately reproduced large oil cooler and radar antenna, and surface texture to realistically show the metal framed, fabric covered fuselage.
		As newer, faster aircraft were developed to replace it, the Swordfish was modified to become an anti-submarine aircraft.
	www.wonderlandmodels.com /Tamiya-61099-148-Fairey-Swordfish-MkII-productx401947.html (393 words)

	Airfix 1/72 Fairey Swordfish
		The Swordfish was obsolete by the start of WW2, but nevertheless, it served in all the major campaigns of the war, including D-Day.
		The Swordfish played a large part in removing the Italian navy as a military threat during the very early part of WW2, in particular in its famous torpedo attacks at Taranto and the Battle of Cape Matapan.
		A Swordfish Mk 2 of "L" Flight, No. 836 NAS, Fleet Air Arm based on the Merchant Aircraft Carrier "Rapana" in 1943 and preserved in the Royal Navy Historic Flight at RNAS Yeovilton in 1996, and a Swordfish Mk 1 of No. 810 NAS, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Ark Royal, North Atlantic from 1941.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/raf/swordfish.htm (1598 words)

	Fairey Swordfish by Ian Robertson (Tamiya 1/48) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After passing by opportunities to purchase Tamiya's expensive 1/48 Swordfish I was lucky enough to receive it and the associated photoetch (PE) as a birthday gift last year.
		Tamiya's Swordfish is a highly detailed kit in the style and quality that we have come to expect from this manufacturer.
		The torpedo was painted scale fl with a copper nose (similar to the Mk.II Swordfish display at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa).
	www.kitparade.com /features01/swordfishir_1.htm (1095 words)

	Fairey Swordfish airplane airfix plastic model Kits
		Replicating the oldest surviving Swordfish in the world, this limited edition, 1/72 scale die cast model features textured surface details, authentically folding wings with full rigging, a belly-mounted torpedo, pilot and gunner figures, the colorful 1939 markings of the Royal Navy's No. 810 Squadron, and more.
		This, the first ever 1/72 scale die cast model of a Fairey Swordfish, replicates an aircraft from the most famous Swordfish mission of all: the May, 1941, flight from the HMS Ark Royal during which a Swordfish torpedo disabled the rudder of the German battleship Bismarck.
		Launched via catapult from the battleship HMS Malaya beginning in 1940, this Fairey Swordfish would land on the water upon its return and be hoisted aboard by a crane.
	www.johnjohn.co.uk /shop/alpha/fairey_swordfish.html (282 words)

	L'Arsenal 1/400 Swordfish Set
		Designed in the mid-Thirties as a naval Torpedo-Strike-Reconnaissance aircraft, the Swordfish proved so versatile and tractable that it outlasted its designated successor, the Fairey Albacore, and served alongside its “grandchild,” the Fairey Barracuda, seeing action in the front lines from the first day of World War II right through to the last.
		The major error of the model is the lack of the third undercarriage strut that attaches the undercarriage to the wing at the junction with the inner struts.
		Swordfish wore at least 4 different major paint schemes over their naval career, not including the fl RAF version.
	www.ipmsusa.org /Reviews/Details/Ships/LArsenal_400_Swordfish/LArsenal_400_Swordfish.htm (518 words)

	Fairey Swordfish model airplane am318
		In 1940 came the supreme triumph of the Swordfish, the memorable attack on the Italian fleet at anchor in Taranto harbor, made after reconnaissance sorties had shown that six battleships, plus attendant cruisers and destroyers, were sheltering there.
		The attack, made by 21 Swordfish airplanes on the night of November 11, 1940, was launched in two waves, with an hour interval between them.
		Airplane armament was one forward-firing synchronized 7.7-mm (303-caliber) Vickers machine gun in fuselage and one 7.7-mm (303-caliber) Lewis or Vickers K gun on Fairey High-Speed Mounting in rear cockpit, plus a torpedo of 1,610 lbs., or depth charges, mines, or bombs up to 1,500 lbs., or up to eight rocket projectiles on underwing racks.
	www.worldaircorps.com /airplanes/am318.html (432 words)

	Simnetwork Photo Gallery - Raf/Fairey Albacore
		The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Fleet Air Arm.
		The Albacore, popularly known as the "Applecore", was conceived as a replacement for the ageing Fairey Swordfish, which had entered service in 1936.
		However, the Albacore served with the Swordfish and was retired before it, being replaced by the monoplane Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber.
	www.simnetwork.com /gallery/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=5 (300 words)

	825 Squadron, Fairey Swordfish
		Fairey Swordfish of 825 Squadron in aviation art print by M A Kinnear.
		Fairey Swordfish Mk I W5984 H. Aircraft History: W5984 was built by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd at Sherburn-in-Elmet near Leeds and was delivered to 825 Squadron 1st January 1942.
		In July 1936, 825 re-equipped with the Fairey Swordfish Mk I bi-plane whilst on HMS Glorious.
	www.military-art.com /ap008.htm (966 words)

	Fairey Swordfish
		Starting in 1940, squadrons of Swordfish stationed here had sunk more than a million and a half tons of enemy shipping....a record never to be equaled.
		Swordfish were used tentatively for escort duty at the very beginning, until they had a chance to prove themselves.
		Swordfish assembled in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia were used on merchant ships with hastlly added flight decks to guard convoys in the Atlantic.
	www.spitcrazy.com /faireyswordfish.htm (1086 words)

	Fairey Swordfish
		Swordfish could be flown from aircraft carriers, even in rough seas.
		By the end of 1941, the wartime Swordfish was confined mainly to antisubmarine operations.
		In Canada, Swordfish operated from the Naval Gunnery School in Yarmouth and the Royal Navy Station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
	members.tripod.com /chip2500/id260.htm (157 words)

	Fairey Swordfish in Action - by W A HARRISON
		Obsolete by the beginning of WWII, the Swordfish would nonetheless play a key role in the early British war effort.
		Swordfish were used to attack the Italian fleet at Taranto in 1940, and helped sink the German battleship Bismarck.
		Replaced by more modern aircraft in 1942, the Swordfish remained active in convoy escort and anti-sub patrols for the rest of the war.
	www.motorbooks.com /ProductDetails_9012.ncm (155 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Fairey Swordfish Stringbag - Frans Bonné
		Also, the Swordfish was rugged, reliable, versatile in terms of weapons and equipment, and had such excellent handling characteristics that it could be flown in most weather conditions from any aircraft or escort carrier.
		Fairey Swordfish Mk II Equal to the Swordfish Mk.
		Fairey Swordfish Mk IV Conversions of Mk II's, with an enclosed cockpit for colder areas (eastern coast of Canada).
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/fairswordf.html (744 words)

	Fairey Swordfish - Introduction (D Llewellyn James)
		The Swordfish derived from a prototype - the TSR.I - which was destroyed when it went into an uncontrollable spin.
		The Swordfish Mk II had metal-skinned lower wings to enable rocket-firing, the Mk III was equipped with radar, and the Mk IV had an enclosed cockpit.
		The Swordfish continued to serve with distinction in a multitude of role - through to the end of the European war.
	www.compass.dircon.co.uk /Sword_intr.htm (746 words)

	Fairey Swordfish aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The Swordfish was responsible for 15 of the 18 solo kills, and participated in 10 of the 16 shared sinkings.
		In April-May 1940 the Swordfish operated in France, covering the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force and took part in the defence of the BEF during the Dunkirk evacuation on 31 May 1940, and was even involved in bombing advancing troops and tanks at Gravelines, and paratroops at Rotterdam aerodrome.
		The oldest surviving Swordfish W5856 was purchased in 1990, and was restored by British Aerospace at Brough it was presented to the Flight in 1993.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Swordfish.htm (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish
		A total of 2399 Swordfish were built and in spite of its age the Swordfish participated in a number of notable sea battles.
		All six Swordfish reached the outer screen of destroyers around the capital ships and the first three dropped their torpedoes; the other three had only a mile to go to the dropping point when last seen.
		As the Swordfish suffered high attrition flying from their small MAC Ships in the heavy North Atlantic weather, replacement Swordfish were shipped in crates in holds of other merchant vessels to Halifax, Nova Scotia where they were assembled and test flown at HMS Seaborn for the MAC Ships returning to England.
	www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /aircraft/specs/swordfish.htm (724 words)

	Fairey Swordfish, Aviation Art
		Fairey Swordfish I, L9726 4M of 818 Sqn, HMS Ark Royal pulls a tight, climbing turn through a hail of anti-aircraft fire as its torpedo strikes home, jamming the steering gear of the mighty Bismarck and setting in motion the beginning of her dramatic end.
		Fresh from her triumphant encounter with HMS Hood, Bismarck was struck by Swordfishs torpedo which jammed her rudder and was finished off by the home fleet on 27th May 1941.
		Two Stringbags (Fairey Swordfish) pass across the bow of HMS Courageous as she staggers from torpedo strikes launched from a German U-Boat in the Irish Sea.
	www.airforce-art.com /fairey_swordfish.htm (0 words)

	Fairey Swordfish - Great Britain Military Airplanes of World War II
		Fairey Swordfish - Great Britain Military Airplanes of World War II Info and Indexes
		The Fairey Swordfish was the most widely used British carrier-based airplane of World War II.
		Swordfishes were eventually operated from 14 escort carriers and 18 MAC (Merchant Aircraft Carrier) ships.
	www.einsteins-emporium.com /technology/aviation/1940-1945/aeg50.htm (0 words)

	WRG - Allied Aviation Annex - British Aircraft Specs - Fairey Swordfish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This aircraft survived replacement by the Albacore and continued to fly alongside the Fairey Barracuda which was the Albacores replacement.
		The Swordfish was instrumental in attacking and sinking shipping throughout the war, a handful based out of Malta averaged 50,000 tons of shipping sunk per month from 1941-1943.
		The Swordfish was constructed of metal with a fabric covering.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /AARG/swordfish.html (228 words)

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