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Originally Posted by K-61
That's because those guns were aimed by automated fire directors that did not include calibrations for aircraft flying that slowly. The Germans never thought that a foe would field such "obsolete" aircraft. The 37's on the U-boats are manually operated and would probably be more effective.
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Yes, precisely.....the British never realised the fact until the Swordfish were launched, they thought initially that it would be a one-way trip for the pilots but considered the risk worth taking because Churchill ordered that the Bismarck be sunk "at any cost".