Dan Snow flies on a mission to explore one of the most daring and dangerous aerial attacks of World War II. On 11th November 1940, 21 antiquated Swordfish aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier ...

Unlike its namesake, our flying fish was slow and plodding, and it looked downright ungainly, hence its unofficial nickname of “Stringbag,” taken after a style of women’s purse that was popular in ...

Manufactured by Fairey Aviation (eventually acquired by Westland Aircraft in 1960)—the same company that produced another famous WWII “flying fish” (so to speak), the Swordfish biplane torpedo ...