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Taranto 75
Posted: 10 Nov 2015, 22:54
by SkippyBing
Worth a watch for the Swordfish footage.
https://youtu.be/49UJmraQlc0
Re: Taranto 75
Posted: 10 Nov 2015, 23:39
by DaveB
Cheers Skip.. enjoyed that
It's a poor link if you have little time though. There's great footage of the Mk2 (L2) following it and after that.. RN Aviation in the 60's. I dare not have gone further

I'll be back tomorrow though
ATB
DaveB

Re: Taranto 75
Posted: 11 Nov 2015, 00:22
by Nick M
Thanks for the link.

I'd hoped it was a preview for a proper documentary on the Swordfish, but apparently not.

Anyway, I'll slip in a literary recommendation here if I may gents. I suspect many of you will be familiar with this one, but if not
War in a Stringbag by the late
Charles Lamb (DSO DSC, RN) is well worth a read. He piloted a Swordfish at The Battle of Taranto and though it's years since I've held a copy, it's one that's stuck in my mind.
Cheers,
Nick