File:Swordfish Aircraft MOD 45155476.jpg
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English: A Swordfish aircraft with the Royal Navy Historic Flight.
The Swordfish evolved from the prototype Fairey TSR.II (Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance), designed by Marcel Lobelle and HE Chaplin of the Fairey Aviation Company Ltd., first flew in 1934 and entered service with No.825 Squadron in 1936. In all, 2391 aircraft were built, the first 692 machines by Fairey Aviation and the remainder under licence by Blackburn Aircraft Company at their works at Sherburn-in-Elmet and Brough, Yorkshire. In service the Blackburn-built aircraft became unofficially known as "Blackfish". Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this very distinguished aircraft was its longevity. Although by all normal standards it was already obsolete at the outbreak of WW2, it confounded everyone by remaining in operational service throughout the whole of the war, and thereby gained the distinction of being the last British bi-plane to see active service. Indeed, it outlasted its intended replacement, the Albacore, which disappeared from front-line service in 1943. The Royal Navy Historic Flight are the guardians of the Fleet Air Arm’s proud history, upholding the memory of naval aviators by keeping vintage aircraft airborne.
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Date and time of data generation | 12:37, 30 September 2010 |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D3 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Headline | Swordfish Aircraft |
Source | ROYAL NAVY |
Credit/Provider | Crown Copyright |
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Author | Photographer, LA(Phot) Keith Morgan |
City shown | Portsmouth Yeovil |
JPEG file comment | AppleMark |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,709 px |
Image height | 1,806 px |
Serial number of camera | 2086738 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:18, 28 May 2013 |
File change date and time | 15:33, 28 May 2013 |
Date metadata was last modified | 15:33, 28 May 2013 |
Software used | FotoWare fotostation |
Category | MOD |
Special instructions | Archive, Email, Website, Press |
Writer | CPOA Sue Emery |
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Province or state shown | HAMPSHIRE UK |
Country shown | UK |
IIM version | 2 |
Type of item | al |
Editorial status of image | Pending |
Fixture name | Free |