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The Royal Navy's week long chase of the formidable German
battleship Bismarck culminated in the foul evening weather
of 26th May 1941. Despite the deck of
HMS Ark Royal pitching through 55 feet, S/Lt John Moffat was
one of fifteen Swordfish pilots who took off to attack Bismarck.
After 90 minutes of arduous and turbulent flying the Swordfish
found their quarry and dived through the intense anti-aircraft
fire to drop their torpedoes.
One of these hit and jammed Bismarck's rudder and condemned the
battleship
to sail in slow circles. The Royal Navy's own capital ships then
closed in and pounded Bismarck into a burning wreck. Signed
by three Swordfish pilots. |
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