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Typically, they attacked shipping with torpedoes. However they were accurate when used as DBs against shipping. Shore based Swordfish...

But did either the Swordfish or the Albacore seriously damage or even sink much of the enemy's shipping when used as dive bombers, apart...

Yokosuka L3Y PS. Just kidding. :)

Certainly a makey-uppy design (look at that tail), but even the most creative artists are inspired by everyday realities and things they...

330 million?

Well, seeing as the RN were not able to average half of this performance against the rest of the German and Italian naval fleets...

It is difficult to know what exactly happened. Total Axis losses in supplies and shipping for the Mediterranean from collation by...

I also hate to bring it up, but the Danube flows thru Hungary, do you think Viktor Orbán will allow the boats transition thru Hungary? I...

There's valid arguments in all the replies which leads us to only one conclusion as to which plane turned the tide of WW2, all of them.

Axis merchant ship Losses to Air Action in Mediterranaean. Swordfish, Albacore, Beaufort and Wellington were the main torpedo force...

It's quoting a source from 1971, so it must be true. It was also known by the Germans as "der verdammte Papierdrachen". You read it...

For the Swordfish? 450,000 tonnes of shipping sunk (mainly Italian) Is what Stott claims in his book. That would be quite a lot of the...

Much of that Wikipedia article is sourced from the same book from 1971: Stott, Ian G. The Fairey Swordfish Mks. I-IV (Aircraft in...

One or two myths concerning the Fairey Swordfish: Fairey Swordfish - Wikipedia Is there any evidence for this? Fairey Swordfish -...

Yet another stellar op-ed from the markedly "port" leaning rag. Key laugh points: "...but it won’t be easy to use the “high...