Swordfish (1)
The Fairey Swordfish is a bit of an anachronism. At a time when planes were increasingly all-metal mono-planes, the Swordfish was a fabric-covered biplane and it was already obsolescent when it entered service. However, the Swordfish had a number of successes attacking surface ships in the early part of the war and when later were used with a fair degree of success in hunting submarines over the Atlantic later in the war. The aircraft remained in production until 1944, but most were retired within weeks of VE day.
Swordfish (1)
The Fairey Swordfish is a bit of an anachronism. At a time when planes were increasingly all-metal mono-planes, the Swordfish was a fabric-covered biplane and it was already obsolescent when it entered service. However, the Swordfish had a number of successes attacking surface ships in the early part of the war and when later were used with a fair degree of success in hunting submarines over the Atlantic later in the war. The aircraft remained in production until 1944, but most were retired within weeks of VE day.