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No.119 Sqn RAF
Founded : 1st January 1918
By night and day
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No.119 Sqn RAF
| Aircraft for : No.119 Sqn RAF | |||
| A list of all aircraft known to have been flown by No.119 Sqn RAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
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| Albacore The Fairey Albacore built by The Fairey Aviaiton company was a single-engine biplane built with the purpose of becoming a torpedo bomber and flying from aircraft carriers. Used by the Royal Navy's fleet air arm between 1939 and 1943, it had a three-man crew and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance and low level bombing, dive bombing and as a torpedo bomber. The Albacore, popularly known as the Applecore, was conceived as a replacement for the aging Fairey Swordfish. However, the Albacore served with the Swordfish and was retired before it, being replaced by the Fairey Barracuda torpedo bombers. On 9 March 1942, 12 Albacores from the aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious were launched to attack the German battleship Tirpitz which was att sea near Narvik. Based on information from one of six radar equipped aircraft already launched, Albacores from 817 and 832 Squadrons launched torpedoes This courageous attack nearly succeeded but missed the Tirpitz by 30 feet of its bow but ultimately the FAAs only torpedo attack on the Tirpitz at sea failed with the loss of two Albacores and damage to many of the others. | ||
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