Corgi AA36303.(D) Fairey Swordfish Mk.I - Catapult Flight, HMS Malaya, 1940
Product Details
Corgi
AA36303.(D)
1:72 Scale
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I - Catapult Flight, HMS Malaya, 1940
1:72 Scale
Fairey Swordfish Mk.I - Catapult Flight, HMS Malaya, 1940
Product Description
Limited Edition Certificate has been removed from this model. (DE-SPEC)
Two special squadrons equipped with Swordfish floatplanes were assigned to Royal Navy battleships and cruisers. these were Catapult Flights Nos. 701 and 702. Seventeen more Swordfish squadrons would be formed until the end of WWII. This Swordfish MkI Floatplane was embarked aboard the battleship HMS Malaya in early 1940. the warship operated with the Home Fleet and assisted the carriers in defending the UK from German naval threats in the North Sea and Atlantic.