During a senior visit, Rear Admiral Frank Twiss used Tiger's guns to shoot down an expensive target aircraft. The ship's company cheered the hit, but the Admiralty had wanted to preserve the aircraft for later use. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Carrington, was aboard and shared the frustration over the lost asset. The incident captures the tension between a convincing live-fire demonstration and the cost of consuming its target.
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Tiger's guns destroyed an expensive target aircraft
Rear Admiral Frank Twiss delighted Tiger's crew by shooting down a target aircraft that the Admiralty wanted to reuse.