Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. REG441 DHM6689APB

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defend against a German armoured attack

Doolittle had made it clear that each aircraft was on its own

Any other new pilot might have succumbed but Hartmann was made of sterner stuff and

Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. REG441 DHM6689APBDHM6253. Prelude to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. Prior to the British attack on the Italian battle fleet moored in Taranto Harbour in November 1940, the job of obtaining the very latest photo reconnaissance fell to the maverick pilot Adrian 'Warby' Warburton. Flying a requisitioned Martin Maryland, Warburton undertook a series of breathtakingly low level passes across the ships moored in the harbour, cheating a hail of anti aircraft fire and flak to