Commando Magazine

14 February 2023

Commando - 5622 - The Fighting Swordfish - With the stick pulled right back and the engine screaming, the plane missed the heads of the startled Germans by mere inches. For a day and a night this Fairley Swordfish had been grounded in hostile territory, all for the want of a piece of copper tubing and a soldering iron. And they still weren’t safely away yet...