AIRFIX

1:72 FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.I

Name: 1:72 FAIREY SWORDFISH MK.I
Brand: AIRFIX
SKU: MBA030460HHL
Price: 32.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

SKU: MBA030460HHL

This is a Scale Model Kit, Paint and Glue are not included.

Eighty years ago, six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew from RAF Manston to attack the three German capital ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen making a dash up the English Channel in February 1942.

Description

This is a Scale Model Kit, Paint and Glue are not included.

Eighty years ago, six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew from RAF Manston to attack the three German capital ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen making a dash up the English Channel in February 1942. This heroic attack was doomed to failure and all the Swordfish were shot down without any damage to the enemy ships. Lieutenant Commander Esmonde won a posthumous Victoria Cross and only 5 of the aircrew survived.