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| rdfs:comment | - The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber used by Great Britain during World War II.
- The Swordfish entered service in 1936.
- The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Affectionately known as the "Stringbag" by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war, notably the sinking of one and damaging two battleships of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck. It was operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft; however, during its later years, it was also used as an anti-submarine and training craft. Designed in the 1930s, the Swordfish outlived several types intended to replace it, and remained in front line service until VE Day.
- The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber biplane designed by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originating in the 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was an outdated design by the start of the war in 1939, but remained in front-line service until VE Day, outliving several types intended to replace it.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 Fairey Swordfish, also known as the Stringbag, was a two-decker British torpedo bomber used during the Second Great War. They were equipped with torpedoes and machine guns for anti-shipping operations. Most American naval personnel considered the aircraft to be slow, ugly and more primitive than the Japanese aircraft they had encountered earlier.
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| Guns | - ** 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in Vickers machine gun in engine cowling
** 1 × .303 in Lewis or Vickers K machine gun in rear cockpit
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| ref | - Fairey Aircraft since 1915
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| abstract | - The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber used by Great Britain during World War II.
- The Swordfish entered service in 1936.
- The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber biplane designed by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Originating in the 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was an outdated design by the start of the war in 1939, but remained in front-line service until VE 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 the sinking of one and damaging two battleships of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck.
- The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Affectionately known as the "Stringbag" by its crews, it was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war, notably the sinking of one and damaging two battleships of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck. It was operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft; however, during its later years, it was also used as an anti-submarine and training craft. Designed in the 1930s, the Swordfish outlived several types intended to replace it, and remained in front line service until VE Day.
- The Fairey Swordfish, also known as the Stringbag, was a two-decker British torpedo bomber used during the Second Great War. They were equipped with torpedoes and machine guns for anti-shipping operations. Most American naval personnel considered the aircraft to be slow, ugly and more primitive than the Japanese aircraft they had encountered earlier. Several of these were deployed against the US vessels, including the Josephus Daniels, which were supplying both men and munitions off the Irish coast to the Irish irregulars fighting the British occupation forces. A gun crew commanded by P.O. Clem Thurman and including George Enos, Jr. shot down a Swordfish bomber before it could launch a torpedo. However, the vessel soon came under attack from modern British fighters killing Thurman.
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