Fairey Swordfish

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[Snautzer01]

HMS BATTLER 835 squadron

(BXS1) RARE ARCHIVE PRESS PHOTO 1940S HMS BATTLER SWORDFISH AIRCRAFT WORLD WAR 2 | eBay

Rare one from The 1940s Showing Swordfish Aircraft ready for action World War 2.

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[Crimea_River]

That gives a good perspective on how big that brute was.

 

[Snautzer01]

Torpedo laoding

(BXS2) RARE ARCHIVE PRESS PHOTO 1940S LOADING A SWORDFISH PLANE WORLD WAR 2 WW2 | eBay

Rare one from The 1940s Showing A Swordfish Aircraft being loaded for battle World War 2.

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[Airframes]

Yep, it's quite a big bird.
I had to tow the RN Historic Flight's Swordfish, on grass, with my SWB Land Rover, back in the mid 1990's.
The crew were concerned that I didn't pull the tail wheel off and, when I asked them how much it weighed, and they replied " Eight tons", I was more concerned that I didn't pull off the 'Rover's rear cross-member !!

 

[Snautzer01]

re arming rockets

WW2 OFFICIAL PHOTO of ARMOURERS LOADING ROCKETS on to a 'FAIREY SWORDFISH' PLANE | eBay

ORIGINAL WW2 BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO of two ARMOURERS LOADING ROCKETS on to a 'FAIREY SWORDFISH' PLANE. From a fantastic collection of original WW2 British Official and Press Photographs.

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[nuuumannn]

re arming rockets

This is a bit of a guess, but given these two guys, R.J. Dick of Edinburgh and J. Nickel of Bathgate, both Scottish, this picture is possibly taken at HMS Jackdaw, or RNAS Crail, in Fife, which was a training station for FAA aircrew, initially on torpedo training. The last surviving British wartime synthetic torpedo trainer building still exists at Crail.

 

[EwenS]

This is a bit of a guess, but given these two guys, R.J. Dick of Edinburgh and J. Nickel of Bathgate, both Scottish, this picture is possibly taken at HMS Jackdaw, or RNAS Crail, in Fife, which was a training station for FAA aircrew, initially on torpedo training. The last surviving British wartime synthetic torpedo trainer building still exists at Crail.

Taken at St Merryn in Cornwall. As it says, one of a sequence. The whole sequence can be found on the IWM site. Dated to 1 Aug 1944. Note the D-Day stripes above the flare racks.

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Lt Cdr P Snow, noted in the narrative accompanying the photo, was CO of 816 Swordfiish squadron from 3 May 1944 until it disbanded on 7 Aug 1944.

After service on the escort carrier Chaser until mid-March 1944, 816 visited several RNAS in Scotland, including Crail for a couple of days, before settling at Perranporth / St Merryn in Cornwall on 20 April 1944 while on loan to Coastal Command for D-Day. It was just one of a number of Swordfish and Avenger squadrons so deployed. It disbanded there on 7 Aug 1944, with aircraft and crews joining 836 squadron at Maydown in Northern Ireland.

Lt Cdr Snow then took command of 838 squadron on 18 Aug, another Swordfish squadron loaned to Coastal Command for D-Day when it had been based at Harrowbeer near Plymouth. It too went to Northern Ireland in mid-Aug. He remained CO until the squadron disbanded in Feb 1945.

 

[nuuumannn]

Taken at St Merryn in Cornwall. As it says, one of a sequence. The whole sequence can be found on the IWM site. Dated to 1 Aug 1944. Note the D-Day stripes above the flare racks.

Find an object | Imperial War Museums

www.iwm.org.uk

Lt Cdr P Snow, noted in the narrative accompanying the photo, was CO of 816 Swordfiish squadron from 3 May 1944 until it disbanded on 7 Aug 1944.

After service on the escort carrier Chaser until mid-March 1944, 816 visited several RNAS in Scotland, including Crail for a couple of days, before settling at Perranporth / St Merryn in Cornwall on 20 April 1944 while on loan to Coastal Command for D-Day. It was just one of a number of Swordfish and Avenger squadrons so deployed. It disbanded there on 7 Aug 1944, with aircraft and crews joining 836 squadron at Maydown in Northern Ireland.

Lt Cdr Snow then took command of 838 squadron on 18 Aug, another Swordfish squadron loaned to Coastal Command for D-Day when it had been based at Harrowbeer near Plymouth. It too went to Northern Ireland in mid-Aug. He remained CO until the squadron disbanded in Feb 1945.

Thanks for the extra info.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!