Anton_Berg
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and but for that I might never have existed!That's pretty much the case. The Swordfish were torpedo bombers and flying so slowly that Bismarck's range finder couldn't lock on to them, and so low that the AA guns couldn't be depressed enough.
Even so, only two torpedoes hit, one did no damage, and the other was a lucky hit on the rudder that caused Bismarck to be unsteerable.
By such luck are battles won and lost.