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Old 28th March 2023, 11:09
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Re: Hudson torpedo

To drop the torpedo from a monoplane (faster than the earlier biplanes) required an aerodynamic tail addition which both lengthened it and widened it. This led to problems with internal carriage for such types as the Beaufort and Hampden. Similar tails were used on air-dropped torpedoes of all nations in this period, but these were often censored in photographs.
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