The formal intelligence channel did not readily share reconnaissance photographs with the Navy. An informal workaround involved a Swordfish, a load of potatoes, and conveniently prolonged cups of tea. Martin Maryland pilots and Fleet Air Arm aviators navigated around the bureaucracy so the carrier force received the material it needed. Working-level cooperation ensured the photographs reached the carrier force despite rigid information controls.
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A Swordfish, potatoes, and an intelligence-sharing workaround
RAF and Fleet Air Arm aviators used an informal workaround to get vital reconnaissance photographs past restrictive intelligence procedures and back to the Navy.