SWORDFISH LS 326 FLIES WITH A NEW ENGINE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SWORDFISH LS 326 FLIES WITH A NEW ENGINE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 2058
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  • Summary: RNAS Yeovilton. Frontal view as Swordfish LS 326 runs up. The aircraft taxies past to take off. Aerial MS of LS 326 in level flight over countryside.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (ADM 2058)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1970-04-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Visnews (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: aircraft, British naval - combat: Fairey Swordfish (object name) GB, England & Yeovilton, Somerset <RNAS Station> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 37 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Notes: Summary: by 1965 LS 326 was in need of a new engine if it was to keep flying. Eventually the FAA exchanged the engine for the one in the Imperial War Museum's aircraft NF 370, which was in good condition but not airworthy. After renovation the new engine was ready for service in 1970. At this time LS 326 was still painted in the colours and markings it wore for the 1959 film production 'Sink the Bismarck'. See ADM 1685
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 2058

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