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Torpedo Leader (Grub Street Aviation Classics) (Hardcover)

by R.P.M. Gibbs (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Grub Street; First edition thus edition (18 May 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0948817569
  • ISBN-13: 978-0948817564
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 773,788 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Wing Commander Gibbs offers a detailed account of his time in Egypt and Malta between spring and September 1942. Posted as Flight Commander of a Beaufort Squadron on Malta thoughout the critical summer of that year, he remained dedicated to the airborne torpedo as a weapon of war against shipping. Fighting uphill battles against his superiors, he succeeded in changing not only tactical but also strategic policy, and they were "his" bombs that stopped Rommel's supplies from getting through. Published to mark the Royal visit to Malta for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the George Cross, this story of courage and endeavour offers insights into the battle for Malta and the Middle East.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good first-hand account of torpedo bomber actions, 5 April 2004
The book was written by Wing Commander Gibbs just after his return from the Middle East, where he had led a unit of Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers in the first attacks against enemy shipping made from the island of Malta, in 1942.

The book was not influenced by hindsight. No attempt is made to show war as a pleasant adventure (as many authors are incline to): war is a dramatic moment for every one who takes part in it, as the author shows when he describes the loss of his best friends and colleagues. The enemy is always considered with respect, which is rare in history writers but was common among those who fought. The torpedo bombers suffered heavy losses in their first attacks and Gibbs himself more than once escaped thanks to destiny's chance. At the end he was the only survivor among those who had started operating the unit.

The attacks against enemy convoys, en route from Italy to Libya, are accounted in detail, and the author gives a good insight in the tactics used in locating and attacking them. No mention is made, of course, of the contribution of Ultra (that was able to decode Italian and German secret messages about convoy routes) because surely the author was not aware of it.

Though some of the successes claimed by Gibbs cannot be nowadays confirmed, the book remains a clean and objective account of war in a theatre, the Mediterranean, which probably has not received from historians the attention it deserves.

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