Swordfish
Subtitle: The Story of the Taranto Raid
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780297846673
Subjects: British & Irish history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; War & defence operations; History; History - Military / War; History: American; Europe; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Military - Aviation; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; Military - General; Aerial operations, British; Naval operations, British; Taranto, Battle of, Taranto, I; Taranto, Battle of, Taranto, Italy, 1940; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: The American naval officer stared in disbelief at the aircraft, a biplane of obsolete appearance with wings folded back to allow it to be struck down on the lift into a carrier's hangar deck, its struts and wires giving a built-in headwind.