Manufactured by Fairey Aviation (eventually acquired by Westland Aircraft in 1960)—the same company that produced another famous WWII “flying fish” (so to speak), the Swordfish biplane ...

In 1941, HMS Victorious, a formidable British aircraft carrier, joined the mission to locate and attack the German battleship Bismarck and its escort, Prinz Eugen. With her Fairey Swordfish ...

The aircraft had to be descending steadily to ... a pilot and observer train in a Fairey Swordfish for a war they don’t know is coming. NASM (1A43540) Called “Bats” after the disks he ...

A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing stories with Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor of his service ...

The Fairey Barracuda made history as the first English all-metal aircraft built for dive-bombing and torpedo-bombing purposes. The plane was ordered as a replacement for both the Swordfish ...