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ORIGINAL: spence

Is this a computer game or a board game?

Be interesting to see how they handle the majority (but not all) of the Italian Navy switching sides in the middle of the game and how the fuel oil supply of the Italian Navy before it switches sides is simulated as well as what the "Italian Player" can do to affect that supply.

Could be really interesting if the mechanics work well.

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ORIGINAL: Moltrey

Sounds like a most interesting read Warspite. Those boys had balls of steel, making a port attack at night. Reminds me of the Eben Emael initial glider assault by the Fallschirmjager by landing on the freakin' roof! Ballsy.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: spence

Is this a computer game or a board game?

Be interesting to see how they handle the majority (but not all) of the Italian Navy switching sides in the middle of the game and how the fuel oil supply of the Italian Navy before it switches sides is simulated as well as what the "Italian Player" can do to affect that supply.

Could be really interesting if the mechanics work well.

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ORIGINAL: Andrea G

I have never read other books by David Hobbs, will surely buy this one and I hope it will be well researched and not too much one sided :-)
It's curious the title of "Taranto" for a book that covers the entire war up to 1945.

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ORIGINAL: Andrea G

I have never read other books by David Hobbs, will surely buy this one and I hope it will be well researched and not too much one sided :-)
It's curious the title of "Taranto" for a book that covers the entire war up to 1945.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

There is a "stringbag" at RAF Hendon museum. I was surprised at how large and frankly how sturdy she looked, considering it was a bi-plane. If I can find pic I will try to post.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Moltrey

Sounds like a most interesting read Warspite. Those boys had balls of steel, making a port attack at night. Reminds me of the Eben Emael initial glider assault by the Fallschirmjager by landing on the freakin' roof! Ballsy.

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Indeed. I saw a Swordfish as it flew over our house a few years ago. The weather was pretty bad - no rain but heavy grey cloud and quite windy.

The Stringbag was moving around so much, she just looked so fragile. I think just getting into a Stringbag was pretty ballsy, but then flying off a carrier, at night, a couple of hundred miles from the target, knowing you are going to be greeted by AA and barrage balloons when you get there....

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ORIGINAL: fcooke

Thanks RJ. I never understood those 'upgrades' Introducing a biplane in the 40s? With all the lend lease going on Avengers could have been a better solution.

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ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

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ORIGINAL: fcooke

Thanks RJ. I never understood those 'upgrades' Introducing a biplane in the 40s? With all the lend lease going on Avengers could have been a better solution.

Lend lease naval aircraft was beyond scarce early war, and the US was still using Devastators in early 42

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The stringbag, the Tuna plane, and the barracuda could all dive bomb. Not to mention the Fulmar and other aircraft.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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The stringbag, the Tuna plane, and the barracuda could all dive bomb. Not to mention the Fulmar and other aircraft.

Are you sure it was true dive bombing? Did they have dive brakes? If not, I would call it glide bombing - usually a much shallower angle of dive than the 70º angle true dive bombers could do.

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. . . The wings were furnished with large Fairey-Youngman flaps which doubled as dive brakes . . .
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As the only British naval aircraft in service stressed for dive bombing following the retirement of the Blackburn Skua[18] the Barracuda participated in Operation Tungsten, an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz while it was moored in Kåfjord, Alta, Norway.[1][6] On 3 April 1944 a total of 42 aircraft dispatched from British carriers HMS Victorious and Furious scored 14 direct hits on Tirpitz using a combination of 1,600 lb (730 kg) and 500 lb (230 kg) bombs for the loss of one bomber.[22][23] This attack damaged Tirpitz, killing 122 of her crew and injuring 316, as well as disabling the ship for over two months.[24] However, the slow speed of the Barracudas contributed to the failure of the subsequent Operation Mascot and Operation Goodwood attacks on Tirpitz during July and August of that year.
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The Fairey Albacore was a British single-engine carrier-borne biplane torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation between 1939 and 1943 for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and used during the Second World War. It had a crew of three and was designed for spotting and reconnaissance as well as level, dive, and torpedo bombing.
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The Albacore was designated TBR (torpedo/bomber/reconnaissance) and like the Swordfish, was capable of dive bombing:

The Albacore was designed for diving at speeds up to 215 knots (400 km/h) IAS with flaps either up or down, and it was certainly steady in a dive, recovery being easy and smooth...
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The Albacore remained less popular than the Swordfish, as it was less manoeuvrable, with the controls being too heavy for a pilot to take much evasive action after dropping a torpedo.

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. . . By the end of the war, the Swordfish held the distinction of having caused the destruction of a greater tonnage of Axis shipping than any other Allied aircraft.[2] The Swordfish remained in front-line service until V-E Day, having outlived multiple aircraft that had been intended to replace it in service.
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The Swordfish was also capable of operating as a dive-bomber. During 1939, Swordfish on board HMS Glorious participated in a series of dive-bombing trials, during which 439 practice bombs were dropped at dive angles of 60, 67 and 70 degrees, against the target ship HMS Centurion. Tests against a stationary target showed an average error of 49 yd (45 m) from a release height of 1,300 ft (400 m) and a dive angle of 70 degrees; tests against a manoeuvring target showed an average error of 44 yd (40 m) from a drop height of 1,800 ft (550 m) and a dive angle of 60 degrees.
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