Fairey Swordfish Mk.II

Fairey Swordfish Mk.II

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12/31/2007. Built by Blackburn at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, UK, it was delivered to the RN on August 17, 1943, and flew anti-submarine sorties from Northern Ireland and from ships at sea for the protecting of trans-Atlantic convoys. Later it was used for training and liaison duties, and was sold back to Fairey in 1945.

It came on the British Civil Registry in 1947, registered to Fairey. It was stored from 1948 to 1955, when it was restored to airworthiness. After the takeover of Fairey’s aircraft interests by Westland in 1960, the aircraft was presented to the RN and was flown by the RN Historical Flight. In 2000 it was grounded due to wing spar corrosion and is since under restoration.


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12/31/2007. Built by Blackburn at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, UK, it was delivered to the RN on August 17, 1943, and flew anti-submarine sorties from Northern Ireland and from ships at sea for the protecting of trans-Atlantic convoys. Later it was used for training and liaison duties, and was sold back to Fairey in 1945. It came on the British Civil Registry in 1947, registered to Fairey. It was stored from 1948 to 1955, when it was restored to airworthiness. After the takeover of Fairey’s aircraft interests by Westland in 1960, the aircraft was presented to the RN and was flown by the RN Historical Flight. In 2000 it was grounded due to wing spar corrosion and is since under restoration.