Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Fairey Albacore

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  1. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    1:29:12Would Swordfish still be a frontline aircraft in 1942?Q&A
  2. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    59:36More carriers could keep Swordfish in the North AtlanticNotable Point
  3. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    1:11:58Engine allocation keeps the Albacore in front-line serviceNotable Point
  4. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    56:26What if the Barracuda had entered service in 1941?Notable Point
  5. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:21:41A Royal Navy carrier force at MidwayQ&A
  6. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:06:37A high-powered successor to the SwordfishQ&A
  7. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:00:17Four-carrier air groups and maintenance massChapter
  8. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:33:35Albacore and Skua reputations after TarantoNotable Point
  9. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:53:09A floatplane Albacore would scout for battleships and cruisersQ&A
  10. Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...
    15:24The Ro.37 reconnaissance workhorseChapter
  11. Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...
    18:22A safe engine choice still needed fighter-focused developmentNotable Point
  12. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
  13. An Indomitable Force Z
    43:46Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
  14. An Indomitable Force Z
    58:24Carrier reconnaissance gives ABDA Command a fleet coreChapter
  15. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:13:56Reconstructing Indomitable's likely December 1941 air groupChapter
  16. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:40:55How Albacores could attack transports in shallow anchoragesNotable Point
  17. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    59:15U-331's surrender signals fail to stop an air attackNotable Point
  18. So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?
    59:16A massed British night strike meets JapanChapter
  19. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    3:02:55Fairey aircraft and the danger of meeting the wrong requirementQ&A
  20. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:45:24A monoplane Albacore against the Regia MarinaQ&A
  21. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:05:51Why Victorious attacked Bismarck with SwordfishQ&A
  22. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
  23. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    16:03Why an aircraft's first reception can dominate its historyNotable Point
  24. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    23:21What the Albacore says about first impressionsNotable Point
  25. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 10
    54:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
  26. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:09:47Albacore and B5N strike range with torpedoesNotable Point
  27. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:12:21A monoplane Swordfish changes Fleet Air Arm developmentQ&A
  28. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:47:38An on-time Barracuda may eliminate the AlbacoreQ&A
  29. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    0:01Judge interwar aircraft by their own generationChapter
  30. Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 6
    1:03:27Aircraft reputations often follow one defining eventNotable Point
  31. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:05:40Radar, Albacores, and battle-line control make the Indian Ocean ambush dangerousQ&A
  32. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    2:30:20Turboprops give British carriers larger, more reliable air groupsChapter
  33. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    2:13Why the Royal Navy ordered the AlbacoreChapter
  34. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    7:24The Stringbag song and the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
  35. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    9:24How the Taurus engine shaped the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
  36. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    13:52The specifications behind the AlbacoreChapter
  37. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    18:36Why Albacore crews missed the Swordfish's agilityNotable Point
  38. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    22:45A more comfortable but heavier TSR aircraftChapter
  39. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    24:54Why the Albacore remained a biplaneNotable Point
  40. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    33:45The Albacore's performance came with much more weightChapter
  41. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    39:03Better statistics did not make a beloved successorNotable Point
  42. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    42:18From Channel patrols to HMS FormidableChapter
  43. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    48:01Albacores strike Vittorio Veneto at Cape MatapanChapter
  44. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    51:29A second hit might have transformed Matapan and the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
  45. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    52:13Operation EF and the costly northern carrier raidsChapter
  46. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    56:59A widely used aircraft without an iconic victoryChapter
  47. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    1:01:15Production numbers deepen the Swordfish comparisonNotable Point
  48. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    47:26A dedicated lookout flight might have adopted radar earlyNotable Point
  49. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:05:50Air-to-surface radar made a night search practicalNotable Point
  50. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:13:10Radar could guide torpedo aircraft to Kido Butai's largest shipsNotable Point
  51. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    21:21Royal Navy night attack could bypass Graf Zeppelin's fightersQ&A
  52. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    55:22Benghazi, Fleet Air Arm aircraft, and Pearl Harbor in printChapter
  53. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:44:43How Barracuda delays produced the Albacore stopgapNotable Point
  54. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    58:50Why successors fail to displace proven designsNotable Point
  55. What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?
    31:18Why a successful warship can outlast troubled successorsNotable Point
  56. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:32:48Could the Dauntless bridge the Barracuda gap?Q&A
  57. Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation
    42:12Building for the war you might faceNotable Point
  58. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    2:00:24Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo deliveryNotable Point
  59. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    10:15Power-to-weight limits on Barracuda and naval fightersNotable Point
  60. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:47:58A reliable modern aircraft would displace the AlbacoreQ&A
  61. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:49:04Why the Albacore failed to displace the SwordfishQ&A
  62. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    45:48Why the Albacore struggled to replace SwordfishQ&A
  63. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    1:37:51A second Taranto raid could restore the planned scaleQ&A
  64. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    2:48:13British aircraft available for Coral Sea or MidwayQ&A
  65. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    3:40:28Eric Brown explains why the Albacore failed to replace SwordfishChapter
  66. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    32:54Why the Swordfish outlived its planned replacement cycleNotable Point
  67. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    1:27:29Why one engine does not disqualify a carrier aircraftQ&A
  68. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    3:00:07The Albacore's dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
  69. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions
    23:32A plausible carrier air group for Force ZQ&A
  70. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
  71. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    2:51:24Fleet Air Arm aircraft were designed for a different carrier warQ&A
  72. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    0:28Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineagesChapter
  73. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    33:50Type 322 offers an alternative to the Fairey BarracudaChapter
  74. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    10:28The Albacore traded Swordfish simplicity for modern equipmentChapter
  75. The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII
    12:31The institutional gap behind Albacore procurementNotable Point
  76. The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation
    43:05Why the Albacore and Barracuda did not quickly displace the SwordfishNotable Point
  77. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:50:31Swordfish outlives the aircraft meant to replace itQ&A
  78. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    14:49How a Greek naval project led toward the SwordfishChapter
  79. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    28:15Why the Albacore did not automatically improve on the SwordfishNotable Point
  80. An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 2
    13:24Richelieu and the Swordfish mythNotable Point
  81. Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish
    0:35Sea Flight and the Fleet Air Arm's global warChapter
  82. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    2:31A diversion to an Eastern Mediterranean short of carriersChapter
  83. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    6:49Formidable as a battle-fleet support carrierChapter
  84. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    9:38A small air group sustaining continuous patrolsNotable Point
  85. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    46:40Engine failures shrink the Scarpanto strikeChapter
  86. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    12:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
  87. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
  88. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:12Fleet carriers and naval fighters gain priorityNotable Point
  89. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    49:16A Pacific war reshapes Fleet Air Arm aircraft prioritiesNotable Point
  90. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    17:29Concentrate and disperse the air defenceNotable Point
  91. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    1:29:03A source for Swordfish and Albacore historyNotable Point
  92. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    37:20Radar and night crews gave Somerville an openingNotable Point
  93. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    42:17How conflicting reports spoiled Somerville's night attackNotable Point
  94. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:19:19Formidable at Crete: resilient ship, exhausted air groupNotable Point
  95. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    13:04Henderson's engineering case for naval control of aviationChapter