SWORDFISH STRIKE ON BISMARCK
Insight into the extraordinary courage of the Royal Navy's aviators is given in this video by Terry Goddard, a Canadian who was Observer of the last Swordfish torpedo-bomber to attack the German battleship Bismarck on 26 May 1941.
Terry was filmed some years ago during a special project by Iain Ballantyne and cameraman Stuart Antrobus. It provided unique eyewitness testimony from British veterans that featured in the TV documentary 'Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom', based on the Iain Ballantyne book of the same name.
Transcripts of the WW2 Royal Navy veterans accounts to camera formed the basis of that work, which is now available in a paperback and digital edition from publishers Canelo Books.
The TV documentary was produced by ScreenStory for Channel 4 in the UK and is available via the latter's on-demand service. For more information on the book visit www.bismarckbattle.com
Thank you for interviewing this Canadian hero! Unimaginable courage shown by the Stringbag crews.
Thanks. The term legend is used too often these days, but Terry was one such.
I can’t imagine flying in to a hail of exploding life ending steel. Heroic deed. Thank you. Lest we forget.
Great video!!
I enjoyed everything except for the uneven sound. I use earphones and had to raise the volume so I could make out the testimony. When the simulation came back on it was way too loud. See if someone can even out the volume levels.
Thanks for your feedback. I will see if anything can be done about the sound.