Carrying a practice torpedo. L7701 flew with the Torpedo Training Unit at Gosport, then with No 820 Sqn on HMS Ark Royal from August 1939. Photo from: Life

Swordfish of No 701 Catapult Flight, based at Kalafrana Bay in Malta, flying over Gibraltar in 1938.

Participating in the 2016 Shuttleworth Fly Navy Air Show at Old Warden, in colours representing a machine of 820 Squadron at the time of the attack on the Bismark in 1941. The aircraft itself saw wartime service in the Mediterranean theatre.

The oldest surviving airworthy Swordfish in the world, built in 1941 by Blackburn Aircraft. She was operated by the RN's Mediterranean Fleet but returned to Fairey's Stockport factory for refurbishment during 1942/43 before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 for use in the training role. Post war she spent time in the reserve before going into private hands and was purchased by Sir William Roberts for his Strathallan Collection, arriving in August 1977. Bought by British Aerospace in 1990, over the next three years she was restored to flying condition and gifted to the RNHF.

At the International Air Day. Note the small version in front!

Swordfish torpedo-bombers of No 820 Sqn over the carrier Ark Royal. Aircraft 649 is K8449. Photo from: Royal Navy