The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...

popularly known as the "Applecore", was conceived as a replacement for the Fairey Swordfish, an earlier biplane introduced during the mid 1930s. It was typically...

patrols to and from the island of Malta, and providing air cover for Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers during attacks such as the Battle of Cape Matapan....

Look up swordfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A swordfish is a type of large fish. Swordfish may also refer to: Fairey Swordfish, a British carrier-based...

Cheshire that designed important military aircraft, including the Fairey III family, the Swordfish, Firefly, and Gannet. It had a strong presence in the supply...

destroyed a Fairey Swordfish; flinging the fuselage into the sea ahead of the carrier. Unable to stop, Ark Royal ran over the Swordfish and was overhead...

first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, employing 21 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in...

for occupied France for repairs, Bismarck was attacked by fifteen Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored...

Corsair Hellcats of 1840 Naval Air Squadron FAA. Fairey Firefly FR.IV 1944 Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish was the FAA's Torpedo bomber at the start of...

company. Two Bristol Pegasus engines remain airworthy in 2010, powering Fairey Swordfish aircraft operated by the Royal Navy Historic Flight (became Navy Wings...

monoplanes except for the biplane RN Fairey Albacore which was an improved version of the Swordfish. The biplane Fairey Swordfish, introduced in 1936, was removed...

it was the progenitor of the Fairey Swordfish. The design evolution that led to the Fairey Swordfish began with Fairey's submission to Air Ministry specification...

conducted preliminary flying trials in the Firth of Clyde with six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers that had been craned aboard earlier. In early June...

Related development Fairey Gordon Fairey IIIF Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Blackburn Baffin Fairey Swordfish Vickers Vildebeest...

a British single-engine amphibious biplane Fairey Swordfish I (K5948),  a biplane torpedo bomber Fairey Seafox I (K8578),  a reconnaissance floatplane...

aircraft and Fairey Swordfish anti-submarine aircraft. On 18 April 1942, Avenger started flight deck landing training with four Fairey Swordfish aircraft...

bombers that would start the Second World War were being deployed. The Fairey Swordfish flew first in 1934, the Douglas TBD Devastator and Mitsubishi G3M (Nell)...

The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated...

monoplane of any type with retracting gear), and the British Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore torpedo biplanes, it was nearing obsolescence by 1941...

war. They had some success during their patrols, and anti-submarine Fairey Swordfish flying from their decks sank and damaged some German U-boats and their...

the sinking of their carrier HMS Courageous in September 1939, with Fairey Swordfish aircraft. The squadron disbanded in November 1939 but reformed the...

Suez Canal and reached Alexandria on 10 March. 829 NAS was issued Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers to replace its losses. On 20 March Formidable escorted...

first aircraft—a Fairey Swordfish—on 2 June. After completing flying trials, she left for Nova Scotia on 12 June, with one of her Swordfish flying anti-submarine...

was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives. On 7 July 1944, a Fairey Swordfish aircraft mistakenly sank the Free French submarine Perle in the Atlantic...

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and Reconnaissance Squadron, equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber aircraft. The Fairey Swordfish equipped 821 Naval Air Squadron arrived from...

in February 1942 as a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance unit flying Fairey Swordfish. In June 1943, six Sea Hurricanes were added to the squadron as a fighter...

War. The squadron formed aboard HMS Furious in October 1939 with 9 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers for anti-submarine duty on convoys between the UK and...

were the Fairey Swordfish Mks. II and III. The flight deck was only 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) wider than the Swordfish wing span, and a Swordfish fully loaded...

scoring a single hit which slowed her. Another series of attacks by Fairey Swordfish of 810 and 818 Naval Air Squadrons flying from HMS Ark Royal the following...