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Old 24th Jan 2015, 15:39
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AndySmith
 
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They did have a few tankers, and used them to increase the range of the super Etendards in order to bring the nucleus of the fleet in range when Woodward thought he was outside of the Etendards range following the Sheffield attack. They got very close on the 25th when Atalantic Conveyor was unfortunate enough to have the missiles lock on to it. At the time it was very close to the carriers.....
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