RIP Commander Peter "Roddy" Elias

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This gentleman spotted and witnessed the destruction of the Bismarck

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Commander Peter "Roddy" Elias, who has died aged 93, played a key role in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck and twice found his enemy despite bad weather and low cloud in the Atlantic.
On Monday May 26 1941 Elias flew two sorties totalling nine hours in Swordfish 2H of 810 Naval Air Squadron from the carrier Ark Royal. At 11.15am on the first sortie he found Bismarck and on the second he witnessed the attack by Swordfish torpedo-bombers on the German behemoth.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-obituary.html