The value of torpedo-carrying aircraft of Britain's Fleet Air Arm was proved: at Taranto, when half of the Italian Fleet was crippled as it lay in harbour. Torpedo-dropping is a task requiring the greatest, precision, and this picture shows a British “Albacore” dropping a practice torpedo during a dummy attack on a target ship.
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Grey River Argus, 23 July 1941, Page 7
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54The value of torpedo-carrying aircraft of Britain's Fleet Air Arm was proved: at Taranto, when half of the Italian Fleet was crippled as it lay in harbour. Torpedo-dropping is a task requiring the greatest, precision, and this picture shows a British “Albacore” dropping a practice torpedo during a dummy attack on a target ship. Grey River Argus, 23 July 1941, Page 7
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