Last Man Away by Ivan Berryman. [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

Aircraft Depicted: Swordfish [other products featuring this aircraft]

The remarkable Fairey Swordfish served with distinction throughout WWII, despite being nothing short of an anachronism. Its dated appearance belied a solid, workmanlike airframe that provided a stable platform from which to launch torpedoes against enemy shipping, the venerable 'Stringbag' sending a greater tonnage of Axis shipping to the bottom than any other allied aircraft in the Second World War. A Mk.II is shown taking off from HMS Ark Royal early in 1941.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)