Fairey Swordfish – Warbird Wednesday Episode #95

Fairey Swordfish - Warbird Wednesday Episode #95, Royal Navy, airplane, palm springs air museum

Welcome to Warbird Wednesday! Today, we’re visiting a 3 person bi-plane flown by the Royal Navy during WWII, the Fairey Swordfish. This naval aircraft was designed for the dual roles of torpedo bomber and aerial reconnaissance. Despite being obsolete by 1939, the Swordfish sunk a greater amount of tonnage of Axis shipping than any other Allied aircraft during WWII.