AK Interactive Aces High Magazine No.17 Torpedo Achtung AK-2935

Welcome to ACES HIGH 17 dedicated to torpedo aircraft. The relationshipof aviation with the sea dates back to its most ancient beginnings with theappearance of seaplanes in the first years of the 20th century. Its high potentialas a deadly and strategic weapon in the naval battlefield was discovered duringWorld War I.During the interwar period, the main powers began to modernize naval aviationand manufacture aircraft designed exclusively for this purpose. The zenith of itsimportance would come during World War II, where naval aircraft were broadlyused in different theaters of operations and many times had decisive impact onthe course of events. The most famous was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor inDecember 1941, but there weremany more famous actions, such as the Taranto raid of Fairey Swordfish biplanesin November 1940, or the battles between aircraft carriers in the Pacific, such asthose of Midway or the Coral Sea.In this ACES HIGH issue we will focus on six aircraft which became legends for thesimple fact of carrying torpedos during their missions.Contents:- TBM-3 Avenger.- Bristol Beaufighter TF.Mk.X.- Nakajima B5N “Kate”.- Lockheed P-3C Orion.- Fairey Swordfish Mk.I.- Latecoere 298.