Airfix - Fairey Swordfish Mk.I - 1:72
Product Code:
A04053B
80 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.
Scheme A - Fairey Swordfish Mk.I,
No. 825 Naval Air Squadron Royal Airfoce, England, 11 February 1942
Scheme B - Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
No. 824 Naval Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Eagle and Royal Air force Kai
Tak, Hong Kong, China Station, May-November 1937
| Model Scale; 1:72 |
Dimensions (mm): L 151 H52.2 192.6 |
| Number of Parts: 125 |
Requires Painting: Yes |
| Skill Level: 2 |
Flying Hours: 2 |
Paints Required but not included:
(Scheme A and B) 11, 16, 24, 27, 33,
53, 56, 61, 62, 78, 85, 109, 123, 164,
(Scheme A) 49, 90, 224 (Scheme B)
60, 64
