In article <YoydnZ-RpNliT1LInZ2dnUU7-S2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
> news:1pmdnTM0ffhQeVjInZ2dnUU7-KednZ2d@giganews.com...
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> > Although Swordfish numbered no more than 27 aircraft
>
> Maybe on one aircraft carrier, but according to Wikipedia 2,391 were built
> (692 by Fairey and 1,699 by Blackburn) between 1936 and 1944:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish
I think the allusion to 27 Swordfish is about those based on Malta in
1940-1941
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