Talk:Ark Royal/@comment-27714876-20171013014336/@comment-26411685-20171102092046

@Ekel

Well you said it, the Brits lacked planes, period. Which is why the Gladiators saw so much action. If the RAF was given the chance to swap all of their Gladiators for Spitfires free of charge, there is absolutely no doubt they would have jumped on it.

The Hs 123 was in pretty much the same position as the Swordfish. They were use extensively as close support and dive bombers and was actually very successful in those role. They were not expected to go toe-to-toe with modern monoplanes, but that was more or less true for any kind of ground attacker.