Re: OT: WWII carriers, was:FTFB- After Action Report/Newbie questions

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, John and Roxanne Leary wrote:

>      The Glorious was not pladeless, in fact it had the opposite
> problem, far too many planes on the deck.   It had been recovering
> hurricanes from Norway and had no space to load or launch its normal
> aircraft.   (It also had no time, but that is a different problem.)

Interesting... what's your source? Mine could easily be wrong.
In any case, the net effect is the same -- Glorious was unable to
launch aircraft against the Germans.

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