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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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