Another rare aircraft that showed up to EAA Oshkosh, The Fairey Swordfish. This one is one of only two flyable examples left in the world, this one is Canadian based.

The 'Stringbag' as she was called by her crews was a throwback to far earlier times and yet somehow served throughout most of WW2 as a Torpedo Bomber, target tow aircraft and anti-submarine duties. Carrier based, the Swordfish was best known for her attack on the Italian Fleet at Torino Italy in 1940 (which the Japanese carefully studied and almost identically repeated at Pearl Harbor a year later) and the attack on the Bismark.

Slow, the maneuverability of a brick and mostly fabric covered, it took a special breed of pilot and crew to use her. Her top speed was only 130MPH!

I was hoping to see this ship fly at EAA, but she blew a rocker arm as she was coming in and effectively grounded until repaired.