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    There has been an ongoing discussion as to which RAF squadron actually caused the Tirpitz to be no longer sea worthy, but which squadrons were involved?

    Question #115609. Asked by nibbles0011. (Jun 28 10 4:14 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		On November 12, 1944, the Royal Air Force carried out one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of the Second World War, resulting in the sinking of the German battleship 'Admiral von Tirpitz'. The attack was made by 29 Lancasters of Nos 9 and 617 Squadrons. No fewer than 10 attacks, by RAF and Royal Navy aircraft and by British and Russian submarines, had been made on the Tirpitz since she had been completed in 1941.

    http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/tirpitz.html

    Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship.

    http://www.military-art.com/mall/squadroninfo.php?SquadronID=79

    http://www.military-art.com/mall/aircraftinfo.php?AircraftID=23

    Jun 28 10, 7:06 PM

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