In a different age when navy Fleet Air Arm pilots flew flimsy wood and canvas biplanes, workplace health and safety played no place.
On the night of May 24, 1941, Irish-born Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde flying from the carrier HMS Victorious led his squadron flight of nine Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber in a 120 mile, night flight in foul, North Atlantic weather against the German battleship Bismark.
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