David Parry - here it is.
Right David,
I was able to look up in the Tangmere library today, and here's your answer.
" ( on the Taranto raid ) " no TAG's were carried, extra fuel + the night navigation skills of the Observers being considered more important".
From ' Carrier Combat' by David Wragg ( page 34 ), Sutton Press ISBN 0-7509-1397-5.
The book I had been on about is ' Squadrons of the FAA' by Ray Sturtivant.
It's a good, ( large ) accurate book, but when I tried to find the answer to your question, found the indices cover everything from airframe histories etc, but no 'Taranto' in the index.
From looking at it again, it's a good book but I don't think it would have detail such as TAG's - then again I didn't have time to go through it laboriously, and the David Wragg book seems to have come up trumps.
I know it still leaves the question as to whether the Observer's could send morse; I suspect not, but it's not mentioned - and even if looking at say Yeovilton's Swordfish, there's always the point as to whether it / they are the same mod' status as the Taranto machines.
Hope that's answered your main question,
DZ
Last edited by Double Zero; 26th Feb 2009 at 18:29.