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Fairey Swordfish Mk.I Model (wheels), 810 Sqn - Corgi AA36310B
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Description
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Corgi Aviation Archive Series Diecast Model
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I - L2742, 810 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Navy, HMS Courageous, 1937 (wheels configuration)
1:72 scale. Length: 6". Wingspan: 7.75"
Features folding wings. Includes display stand
Limited Edition
'529' served with 810 Squadron aboard the HMS Courageous in December 1937. It was used in Both wheel and float configuration. Later it served with the 701 Catapult flight on exercises with capital warships such as HMS Hood, Barham and Valliant. The squadron also had a land base at Kalafrana Bay on Malta. During this time Fleet Air Arm aircraft were flown by RAF pilots and serviced by RAF crews aboard ships. The Royal Navy provided the Observers and Telegraphist Air Gunners (TAGs). This practice continued into the early years of WWII.
The Fairey Swordfish was a torpedo bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the British Royal Navy during WWII. Designed in the 1930s, the Swordfish remained in service to the end of the war in 1945. Approximately 2,400 of the aircraft were built
The Swordfish was equally at home on wheels or floats, which were easily interchanged, even on the flight deck of a warship. When operated with floats the aircraft would be recovered after flight by use of a deck crane. When operated from ships the catapult was used for launching.
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