Buy this book on-line MOFFAT,JOHN with ROSSITER,MIKE: : I SANK THE BISMARCKLONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2009. ISBN 9780593063521.
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table. May 1941: the pilots of fifteen canvas-covered biplanes struggle to hold their Swordfish aircraft steady as they head towards the German battleship Bismarck.Two days previously Bismarck,the most powerful warship in service anywhere
in the world,had destroyed the Hood and damaged the Prince of Wales,
dealing two devastating blows to the
Royal Navy's capabilities.
The Swordfish flew low over a wind-racked ocean,the mighty Bismarck's guns firing a lethal storm of shells
and bullets at the approaching
planes.The crews in their open cockpits were totally vulnerable.
They heard th crack of exploding shells,and the smell of cordite filled their nostrils.They flew on,
aiming their torpedoes.If they failed now,Bismarck would escape to safety,and a strategic and political
defeat for Britian would echo around
the world.Among these brave flyers was a young sub-lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm,John Moffat.
'I Sank the Bismarck' is John's story.The Bismarck was hit,lost control and steamed in circles until the ships of the Royal Navy could close in.They pounded the great battleship with shells and torpedoes,reducing her to a lifeless
hulk,allowing a cruiser,HMS Dorsetchire,to deliver the coup de grace. Only years later was John told that the records suggested it was his torpedo that had prevented the Bismarck from outrunning her pursuers.'I Sank the Bismarck' is the personal story of a carefree young boy,raised in the Borders,
growing up to join a fledgling Fleet
Air Arm.It's the story of a young pilot,living for the moment,facing war,and taking part in one of the most decisive naval battles of WW2. Since April 2013,and again in March
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