FAIREY SWORDFISH "STRINGBAG" TORPEDO BOMBER RUIN OF BISMARK BIGGIN HILL FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT UK - 2016
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• FAIREY SWORDFISH "STRI...
Role - Torpedo-bomber
Manufacturer - Fairey Aviation
First flight - 17 April 1934
Introduction - 1936
Retired - 21 May 1945
Primary users -
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Netherlands Navy
Produced - 1936-1944
Number built - 2,391 (692 by Fairey and 1,699 by Blackburn)
The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, in addition to having been equipped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) alongside multiple overseas operators, including the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was initially operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft; during its later years, the Swordfish became increasingly used as an anti-submarine and training platform. The type was in frontline service throughout the entirety of the Second World War, but it was already considered obsolescent at the outbreak of the conflict in 1939.
Nonetheless, the Swordfish achieved some spectacular successes during the war; notable events included a flight of the type sinking one battleship and damaging two others of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) during the Battle of Taranto, and the famous crippling of the Bismarck, which contributed to her eventual demise. By the end of the war, the Swordfish held the distinction of having caused the destruction of a greater tonnage of Axis shipping than any other Allied Aircraft. The Swordfish remained in front-line service until V-E Day, having outlived multiple aircraft that had been intended to replace it in service.
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FILMED AT THE BIGGIN HILL FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT AT
CHURCHILL WAY, BIGGIN HILL, UK, TN16 3BN,
ON 11-6-2016,
Lovely to see this evocative & historic design airborne again, thanks Pete, nicely done! Cheers, Dougal
Amazing plane! From Brazil!!
Just wonderful to see.
Really cool video, thank you
Glad you liked it !
The RAF and the USAAC bombers of the day were twice and fast as the Navy's "Cats" and Swordfish yet the young men still went off to fight in these relics. Amazing.
yes barq truly hero's one and all !
never seen before - great vid
thanks denti, glad you liked it
It's amazing that with flying in the North Sea, in open cockpits, and with sub zero temperatures, that they could still manage to fly the plane and engage the enemy. Despite all the warm clothes the wind would have made them susceptible to hypothermia. Amazing times.
yes I thought that as well, brave men for sure
The best features of the update on the Swordfish, the Albacore, were a closed canopy and a heater!
Who hoped then that will biplane Swordfish biplane strike a blow on the Bismark ...and become a legend .
I almost think it's a scale model, and confused how they built such a realistic plastic pilot.
well.
lol -good one,
黄辰旭 me too
Classic old Bipe of WW2