Even after air units adopted squadron organization, the attack remained built around six-aircraft flights. One flight could approach from one bearing while others closed from different directions. A target turning to avoid one torpedo spread would expose itself to another, reducing the value of a single evasive maneuver. The formation linked unit organization directly to the geometry of torpedo attack. Exercise practice made the six-aircraft flight a durable tactical building block.
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Six-aircraft flights attack from several bearings
British torpedo attacks use multiple six-aircraft flights approaching from different directions to constrain a ship's evasive turn.