On 28 March 1941, an Italian squadron, hoping to intercept a convoy, instead encountered the British battle fleet off Cape Matapan. The Italians were slowed down by an air attack from the British aircraft carrier Formidable, and then badly mauled in a night battle. This unusual photograph, taken from a British Swordfish, shows an Albacore torpedo-bomber climbing just after releasing its torpedo at the Italian heavy cruiser Pola.
