The aircraft had to be descending steadily ... usually an observer with the rank of lieutenant commander. The Swordfish telegraphist–air gunner, or TAG, monitored Morse code coming in on the ...

The plane was ordered as a replacement for both the Swordfish and yet another Fairey warbird bearing an ichthyological moniker, the Albacore biplane. A total of 2,602 airframes (one prototype ...

The Fairey Barracuda made history as the first English all-metal aircraft built for dive-bombing and torpedo-bombing purposes. As we at The National Interest discussed previously, the deadly ...