Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval stories that deserve films: Taranto and Fleet Air Arm memoir

A request for unfilmed naval stories produces one operational history of Taranto and one more personal Fleet Air Arm memoir.

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Question

What books cover people, ships, or events that should have been made into movies?

Short answer

Start with David Hobbs on Taranto or the Fleet Air Arm memoir With Naval Wings.

Notes

The attack on Taranto is recommended as an event that could sustain a film, with a David Hobbs book providing the operational history. With Naval Wings offers a more personal and lively account of Fleet Air Arm experience. The two books approach British naval aviation from different angles. One supplies campaign analysis, while the other follows lived experience.