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November 1939 Glorious carried 36 x Fairey Swordfish, 12 x Sea Gladiator. Let's have her carry that CAG into June 8, 1940. As you can see below, they were busy seas those few days.



So, June 8th, Glorious has the below eighteen Swordfish on deck, warmed up, torpedo-armed. The recently recovered RAF Hurricanes are struck below deck. Also in the air are 4 Swordfish without torpedos on recon CAP. Glorious is per OTL running at lower than top speed to save fuel, counting on her CAG to keep her safe.



June 8, 1940, 15:00hr. 30 miles from the carrier, one of the CAP TSRs spokes Scharnhorst and Gneisenau approaching, radioing back to Glorious. Two of the Swordfish on the CAP are ordered to maintain watch, while the other two return to the carrier. Alerts are sent over RN coded communications to fleet.

15:30. All eighteen torpedo-armed Swordfish take off to intercept, needing about 15 mins to close the 30 miles to the targets.

15:45. The two CAP Swordfish land, refuel and arm with torpedos.

16:00. Glorious is at full steam, 32 knots with both Acasta and Ardent alongside.

16:15. Another twelve Swordfish are rushed on deck and armed with torpedos.

16:30. Fourteen Swordfish take-off, also needing about 15 mins to reach the target zone.

Would the Germans assume the single Swordfish was indicative of an incoming strike? Would their radar have picked up the single aircraft? Are S&G royally screwed here? If they're both sunk, does Hitler cancel Tirpitz, etc?
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