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Was the Bismarck-strike Swordfish built by Fairey or Blackburn?

The aircraft that delivered the decisive torpedo hit on Bismarck is tentatively identified as a Blackburn-built Swordfish, with the attribution left explicitly provisional.

Question

Was the Swordfish that delivered the decisive torpedo hit on Bismarck built by Fairey or Blackburn?

Short answer

Tentatively, it may have been Blackburn-built, though the exchange does not document the attribution.

Notes

An audience member asks whether the Swordfish that delivered the decisive torpedo strike on Bismarck came from Fairey or Blackburn production. The tentative answer is that it was probably a Blackburn-built aircraft. The brief exchange gives no airframe serial or documentary citation. The watch point therefore illustrates the distinction between designer and manufacturer while preserving the spoken answer as a cautious attribution rather than settled proof.