The photo here looks like a joke . . . but it is a photo of a Swordfish dropping a practice torpedo. This was type of shipborne carrier plane that Jock Moffat flew that fateful day against the Bismark.
“To War in a Stringbag” is the historical record of the guys that flew these things in WWII. They liked and depended on these sturdy, but slow flying biplanes. They also mounted a successful raid in the Mediterranean at Taranto. There they flew into the well protected Italian fleet and basically, took them out of the war. The anti-aircraft fire was intense.
Snowflakes? I don’t think so.
Oldplayer
“To War in a Stringbag” is a fine book!