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Airfix A04053B Fairey Swordfish Mk.I Channel Dash 80th

Airfix A04053B Fairey Swordfish Mk.I Channel Dash 80th

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Eighty years ago, six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew from RAF Manston to attack the three German capital ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen making a dash up the English Channel in February 1942. This heroic attack was doomed to failure and all the Swordfish were shot down without any damage to the enemy ships. Lieutenant Commander Esmonde won a posthumous Victoria Cross and only 5 of the aircrew survived.

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A04053B SCH A

A04053B – FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.1 W5984/H, Flown by Lt Commander Eugene Esmonde VC, DSO Operation “fuller” (the channel dash) No 825 Naval air squadron, Royal Air Force England 11 Febuary 1942 (A)

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A04053B SCH B

A04053B – FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.1 K8386/945, No 824 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS eagle & royal Air Force Kai Tak, Hong Kong, China Station, May- November 1937 (B)

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Weight 201 g
Brand

Airfix
Scale

1:72
Condition

New

Brand

Airfix

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