Fleet Air Arm Fighters - Terminally behind or better than expected?
Today we take tour through the development of British carrier-based fighters for the time period the channel covers to see if the FAA was as behind as some claim. Sources: https://amzn.eu/d/03JQZyHY https://amzn.eu/d/0dpUyZsK https://amzn.eu/d/0d4W14pG https://amzn.eu/d/0cRnqmPf https://amzn.eu/d/05GYoRwz Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B... Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - / drachinifel Want to talk about ships? / discord 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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