61079 Tamiya - 1/48 Transparent Swordfish Mk.I  [61079]

Towards Fairey Swordfish Mk.We (Clear Edition)

On Nov.11, 1940 at 2100 hours, the Italian Fleet at Taranto, Italy slept quietly within the Mediterranean moonlight. The Italian Fleet, including six battleships ended up being well protected by submarine nets, barrage balloons and anti-aircraft firearms at biggest naval harbor in Italy. 270km away, twelve torpedo bombers flew from the decks linked to the British aircraft provider, Illustrious. At 2300 hours and nevertheless undetected, the twelve aircraft made a lower altitude entry to the airspace above the harbor and began torpedo bombing the Italian Fleet. At 2400 hours, another revolution of eight torpedo bombers made still another incursion.
Conte di Cavour, Littorio, alongside major warships had been either sunk or really damaged, working a crippling blow on Italian Fleet. Because of its success at Taranto, the title of Royal Navy's main torpedo bomber, the Fairey Swordfish, was indeed made immediately famous. Making its maiden journey in 1934, the Swordfish had been constructed with a two-level main wing and a hard and fast landing gear. Its fuselage and wings contains steel pipeline structures covered in textile. The ability plant associated with the Swordfish, an air-cooled Bristol Pegasus radial engine produced 690hp, for a top speed of only 220km/h.

But because of its superb manueverability, 1700km range, and ability to continue 18 ins torpedo or two 500 lb bombs or six 250 pound bombs, the Swordfish later contributed such missions whilst the downing of German battleship Bismarck. The Swordfish proceeded traveling within frontline before end regarding the war.