Originally Posted by
fitliker
You are correct , thank you for the correction . A old looking airplane with some great victories .
Took real bravery to go out single engine over a deep cold sea against a determined enemy In a string bag .
I only had the privilege of flying with one of those guys , he was such a nice man . Goodwin was his name .
He may have been from Gloucester. He never mentioned the success of that type . Very modest .
I read someplace that one thing the Swordfish had going for it against German ships is that the Germans used some sort of automated fire control for their anti-aircraft fire. However they never designed the automation to shoot at something as slow as a Swordfish - thinking no one would be foolish enough to attack a warship with something that slow. As a result, their fancy automated fire control couldn't track it.