Lost sailors haunt pilot who helped sink Bismarck
By Dave Graham | China Daily | Updated: 2010-12-31 08:14
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Retired navy pilot John Moffat, 91, discusses his role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck during World War II, near the Scottish village of Blainslie on Dec 22. The sinking showed battleships could not match air power. Dave Graham / Reuters |
BLAINSLIE, Scotland - John Moffat's sparkling eyes grow dim when he remembers the 2,000 sailors swallowed up by the Atlantic after his torpedo bombers consigned the German battleship Bismarck to its doom nearly 70 years ago.
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