Tourist
Before leaping into print maybe you should also read up on Billy Mitchell. Please note it was not me but the USN that did not believe air power could destroy their battleships, would not accept his tactics, and did not see the writing on the wall from Taranto. Even so, it was thanks to his actions that the USN air wing started their own carrier programme.
As for reading up on Taranto, it was the first use of maritime air power I studied, and also met and discussed the battle with a good number of the survivors over the years - starting with a next door neighbour whilst still at school. I have also had the pleasure (mostly) of surviving a number of Taranto Nights.
Notwithstanding any of that, please remember this thread was started to remember the events of 8 December 1941, and all that flowed from that act.