Aircraft recognition in the Royal Navy has always been good. If it looks like an aeroplane, it probably
is an aeroplane so you must shoot at it. During live firing exercises they were notorious for shooting at the target tug instead of waiting until the target came along. Out at Changi, 1574 TFF had a few patches in the tail ends (blunt ends for
Nuts) of their Meatboxes from hits scored by naval gunners.
I think that aircraft carrier skippers lock all their gunners in the hangar when they conduct flying operations.
