Two exceedingly imporíant tenets emerge from all these actions. The first is that all forms of shipping are vulnerable to air-torpedoes and that better practice can be made with them than with bombing in the face of intense aircraft defences. The second tenet is that in major action on sea, the side which can bring torpedo-bombers into action, can gain an immense advantage.
This last point brings up again the subject of aircraft carriers. In all feet actions torpedo-bombers have flown from carriers. Despite bad weather they have bren able to take (Continued om page 13, col 2
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