Fairey Swordfish Mk.1

Eighty years ago, six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew from RAF Manston to attack the three German capital ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen as they ploughed through the English Channel in February 1942. This heroic attack was doomed to failure and all the Swordfish were shot down without damaging the enemy ships. Lieutenant Commander Esmonde won a posthumous Victoria Cross and only five men from the aircrew survived.

Plastic model kit

Decal options:

• FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.1 W5984/H flown by Lt Commander Eugene Esmonde VC, DSO Operation 'Fuller' (the Channel Sprint) No. 825 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Air Force England, 11 February 1942
• FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.1 K8386/945, No. 824 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Eagle & Royal Air Force Kai Tak, Hong Kong, China Station, May-November 1937

1:72 scale

unbuilt / unpainted

Paint and glue not included