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To: Alas Babylon!; Fresh Wind

Hey, the Fairey Swordfish took out the steering gear of the German Battleship Bismark, allowing the British to sink her. Not too shabby for a fixed-gear biplane.


22 posted on 02/16/2021 7:17:27 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Hey, the Fairey Swordfish took out the steering gear of the German Battleship Bismark, allowing the British to sink her. Not too shabby for a fixed-gear biplane.


It is never the technology, but the men behind the technology.


23 posted on 02/16/2021 7:21:07 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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