A vintage sepia-toned photographic print with a metallic finish, depicting a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. The composition shows the biplane in flight, banking away from an aircraft carrier visible in the background. A vertical printed caption to the left of the image reads: A SWORDFISH SWINGS AWAY FROM H.M. AIRCRAFT-CARRIER ILLUSTRIOUS. The print is presented behind glass in a simple stained wood frame. The Fairey Swordfish was the primary torpedo bomber for the Fleet Air Arm during the early part of the Second World War, and HMS Illustrious (R87) was a renowned Illustrious-class carrier commissioned in 1940. A white auction lot sticker numbered 0233 is affixed to the lower-left corner of the glass.
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