tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post1224245641652498529..comments2024-03-29T06:03:20.393-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Fairey Albacore on the deck of HMS Formidable c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-55791718754893956952017-06-16T16:51:36.964-07:002017-06-16T16:51:36.964-07:00Albacore was a great improvement on the Swordfish ...Albacore was a great improvement on the Swordfish (another odd plane name) with its enclosed cockpit and dive bombing ability, but the Swordfish outlasted the Albacore in service.<br />One odd job Albacores had, IIRC, they dropped something like 12,000 flares over the desert during the battles for El Alemein. <br />That looks to be HMS Malaya in the background; her near sister Barham had a tripod main mast, while Malaya had a pole mast, and that appears to be a pole mast Richnoreply@blogger.com