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 19341945 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 Photorecon
25:07 Aldis Signal lamp
25:44 Cockpit
29:35 Startup to landing
35:36 Awesomeness
Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound