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Great Planes: The Fairey Swordfish

"Antiquated, but unbelievably effective," is how Captain Eric M. Brown of the Royal Navy described the Fairey Swordfish.  The biplane was clearly an obsolete concept by the beginning of the Second...

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"It should be noted, however, that the Swordfish did not face the kind of fighter opposition that American torpedo bombers typically experienced in the Pacific War." Also didn't face the AA fire or...

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