TRUMPETER : REF : TRU03207 : 1:32 : AIRCRAFT KIT : UK : Fairey Aviation Fairey Swordfish Mk. I
Numéro d'article :
TRU03207
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TRUMPETER.
ISBN : 9580208032078
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1:32
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Le Swordfish était un bombardier-torpilleur construit par la Fairey Aviation Company et utilisé par la Fleet Air Arm de la Royal Navy pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Déjà obsolète en 1939, il remporta néanmoins des succès spectaculaires durant le conflit, notamment la destruction de la Regia Marina (la marine italienne) lors de la bataille de Tarente et la mise hors de combat du Bismarck. Principalement utilisé comme avion d'attaque au sol, il fut également employé, vers la fin de sa carrière, comme avion anti-sous-marin et d'entraînement. Près de 2 400 Swordfish furent construits : 692 par Fairey et 1 699 à Sherburn par la Blackburn Aircraft Company. La version la plus répandue fut le Mark II, produit à 1 080 exemplaires.
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The Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during World War II. It was outdated by 1939, but achieved some spectacular successes during the war, notably the destruction of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and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. Almost 2,400 Swordfish had been built, 692 by Fairey and 1,699 in Sherburn by the Blackburn Aircraft Company, The most numerous version was the Mark II, of which 1,080 were made.