Nice video.
Was invited to a Taranto Night by an RN friend, and enjoyed it immensely
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Engines
Great job, RHNF and the FAAM. A story that needs to be told regularly, with a key message - the Royal Navy understands 'Air Power', is skilled at 'Air Power' and can deploy 'Air Power' to the nation's advantage.
Best regards to all those who work so hard to keep the Swordfish flying
We have the same problem discussing this with the USAF in the USN, to the point that an idiot CoS of the USAF (McPeak) claimed that sea power was a subset of air power.
. As to the raid itself, pretty awesome work by all concerned. Can't recall the book's name, but I read an account of Taranto /Judgment in a paperback about 25 years ago that I think was written by a participant. I was at sea, at the time ...