This is one aircraft that I just had to cover. On my bucket list for years, it finally happened: The Fairey Swordfish!

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- Sources -
AP 1517B/PN, Swordfish Mk II Aircrew Manual 1993 Edition, MoD, July 1993,

Fairey Swordfish 1934-1945 Owners' Workshop Manual, Haynes, 2014,

Francis K. Mason, The British Bomber since 1914, Putnam, 1994,

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W.A. Harrison, Fairey Swordfish and Albacore, The Crowood Press Ltd, 2002.

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Fairey Swordfish
04:27 - Operational Success (and Luck)
05:56 - Walkaround
20:31 - Navigator
22:08 - Telegraphist Air Gunner
24:52 - Photo-recon
25:07 - Aldis Signal lamp
25:44 - Cockpit
29:35 - Start-up to landing
35:36 - Awesomeness

- Audio -
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound