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Swordfish

Discussion in 'Aircraft' started by GunSlinger86, Nov 19, 2020.

  1. Takao

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    I don't know if robust is the term I would use...In the Atlantic, the Swordfish had a much higher wastage rate per sortie, 7 times that of the USN Avenger. The light construction of the Swordfish did tend not to trigger the fuse of incoming cannon shells though.
     

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