Fairey Swordfish

Fairey Swordfish adalah pesawat pembom torpedo biplan buatan Fairey Aviation Company. Pesawat ini populer digunakan selama tahun 1930-an. Pesawat ini digunakan dari Perang Dunia 1, tapi disesuaikan dan ditingkatkan untuk Perang Dunia 2. Julukan untuk pesawat ini adalah "Stringbag" karena fleksibilitasnya.

Varian 

Swordfish I
Deret produksi pertama.
Swordfish Mk. I
Penambahan ponton, agar dapat diluncurkan dari kapal perang yang memiliki katapel pesawat terbang.
Swordfish Mk. II
Penggantian saya rendah menggunakan metal agar dapat dipasangi roket, diperkenalkan tahun 1943.
Swordfish Mk. III
Penambahan unit radar sentrimetrik besar, diperkenalkan tahun 1943.
Swordfish Mk. IV
Serial terakhir (produksi berhenti pada tahun 1944) dengan kabin tertutup untuk digunakan RCAF.

Specifikasi (Swordfish I)

Referensi

Kutipan

Daftar pustaka 

 Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN.; William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "Fairey Swordfish". Wings of the Navy, Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 7–20. .
 Campbell, John. Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. .
 Harrison, W.A. Fairey Swordfish and Albacore. Wiltshire, UK: The Crowood Press, 2002. .
 Harrison, W.A. Fairey Swordfish in Action (Aircraft Number 175). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 2001. .
 Harrison, W.A. Swordfish at War. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 1987. .
 Harrison, W.A. Swordfish Special. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 1977. .
 Kilbracken, Lord. Bring Back My Stringbag: A Swordfish Pilot At War. London: Pan Books Ltd, 1980. . First published by Peter Davies Ltd, 1979.
 Lamb, Charles. To War in a Stringbag. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. .
 Lowe, Malcolm V. Fairey Swordfish: Plane Essentials No.3. Wimborne, UK: Publishing Solutions (www) Ltd., 2009. .
 Lowry, Thomas P. and John Wellham.The Attack on Taranto: Blueprint for Pearl Harbor. London: Stackpole Books, 2000. .
 Kemp, P.K. Key to Victory: The Triumph Of British Sea Power In World War II. New York: Little, Brown, 1957.
 Kennedy, Ludovic. Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck. Bath, UK: Chivers Press, 2002. .
 Smith, Peter C. Dive Bomber!. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982. .
 Stott, Ian G.  The Fairey Swordfish Mks. I-IV (Aircraft in Profile 212). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications, 1971. 

 Sturtivant, Ray. The Swordfish Story. London: Cassell & Co., 1993 (2nd Revised edition 2000). .
 Taylor, H.A, Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. .
 Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. .
 Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1994. .
 Thomas, Andrew. "Light Blue 'Stringbags': The Fairey Swordfish in RAF Service". Air Enthusiast, No. 78, November/December 1998, pp. 73–77. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. ISSN 0143-5450.
 Wragg, David. The Escort Carrier in World War II. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books, 2005. .
 Wragg, David. Stringbag: The Fairey Swordfish at War. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books, 2005. .
 Wragg, David. Swordfish: The Story of the Taranto Raid. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003. .

Pranala luar 
 Swordfish menorpedo Bismarck 
 "Stringbag Plus"  artikel Flight tahun 1946 mengenai Swordfish

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