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Reply #405 on: March 11, 2019, 06:49:02 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 11, 2019, 04:56:51 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz#Operation_Catechism


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A force of 32 Lancasters from Nos. 9 and 617 Squadrons dropped 29 Tallboys on the ship, with two direct hits and one near miss

32 Lancs. Ouch.


There was a previous attack on the Tirpitz by Fleet Air Arm Fairey Barracudas that caused significant damager to the Tirpitz. The Barracudas were escorted by (of all things) FAA-flown Wildcats, Hellcats..., and Corsairs! I'm betting Bob already knew this.  ;)

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Reply #406 on: March 11, 2019, 06:51:07 PM
Actually, no, I didn't know until I read about it after mirth posted. Its a very interesting story.

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Reply #407 on: March 11, 2019, 07:21:40 PM
It took something like 9 tries for the RAF to sink the Tirpitz. 32 Lancs with Tall Boys though...

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Reply #408 on: March 11, 2019, 07:45:50 PM
I thought Bob was in that raid that killed the Tirpitz. I thought he rode one of the bombs down sitting astride it with his moustache serving as a rudder. Tell me it's still true.

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Reply #409 on: March 11, 2019, 07:51:26 PM
ROFL  :)

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Reply #410 on: March 11, 2019, 08:15:52 PM
An earlier effort by X craft minisubs, came so close.
When one of the X craft crew got out of their sinking boat, he clambered onto a buoy, looked around and there was Tirpitz - undamaged.
"It was so tiresome."

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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Reply #411 on: March 13, 2019, 07:55:22 AM

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Reply #412 on: March 13, 2019, 07:59:46 AM
Some story - I didn't know about that. Thanks for posting.

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Reply #413 on: March 13, 2019, 11:41:11 AM

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Reply #414 on: March 13, 2019, 11:47:31 AM
Seems odd now, but I remember when the Pensioners were all men from WW1, but now, these guys are from WW2 and the  Korean War.

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Reply #415 on: March 13, 2019, 11:59:26 AM
Yeah, I still struggle to wrap my brain around most of our Vietnam Vets being in their 60s and older now.

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Reply #416 on: March 13, 2019, 12:00:40 PM
Tempus fugit and all that.

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Reply #417 on: March 13, 2019, 12:08:02 PM
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HMS Cornwall off Shanghai in February 1932



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Reply #418 on: March 13, 2019, 03:14:44 PM

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Reply #419 on: March 15, 2019, 10:59:41 AM

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