Victory at Sea: Royal Navy AircraftThe British air raid on the Italian port of Taranto demonstrated to the world the vulnerability of ships against attacks from the air. The planes of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy proved a scourge to Axis forces throughout every theatre of the war. Short Sunderland Flying Boat: The Sunderland was a flying boat, developed for general reconnaissance from the S. 23 Empire or C class flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways. When British