Sunday, February 12, 2017

Early torpedo bomber



7 comments:

  1. I have nothing against the Swordfish. They were clearly effective against the Bismarck. But if I was flying into battle in WW2, I would have other preferences in aircraft type.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Fabric over steel. Two .303 Browning MG's Three Men and a 90MPH max forward air speed. Stripped and with leading edge "slats" it had a stall speed so low that it was one of only a handful of fixed wing aircraft in history that could fly BACKWARDS in a strong headwind. ---Ray

    ReplyDelete
  3. I hope that torpedo actually mounts a bit farther toward the tail than it appears in the photo on the ground.............

    ReplyDelete
  4. Them WAS the old days. I linked this on Facebook and my blog.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Bart, if you cook closely, they're loading off a transport dolly and pushing backwards to get it into position to connect it to the release mechanism.

    The RN had a problem in that the Fleet Air Arm was absorbed into the RAF post WW1 and only returned to FULL RN control in May 1939. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm

    So all the big bucks went towards land based fighters, bombers and transport/utility aircraft, with carriaer aviation sucking hind teat.

    So that the Fleet Air Arm went to war with obsolete Bi-plane fighters, and torpedo/bombers.

    RHB

    ReplyDelete
  6. "cook"? Bad Fingers! Meant to say "look". Fingers will be punished.

    ReplyDelete