Show Posts
16
General Discussion / For Mac
« on: January 13, 2018, 03:42:12 PM »
One for Mac, because I know he's into wartime history.
My local area has been home to a Royal Air Force base since before the 2nd World War. One of it's most famous missions was it's role as the final staging post for the attack on the German battleship 'Tirpitz'. Several attacks had been launched on the battleship, some more successful than others. She retreated to hide in a Norwegian fjord whilst undergoing repairs, but the RAF with heavily modified bombers flew 1200 miles into the Arctic Circle to attack her.
Further operations against Tirpitz took place between September and November 1944. Operation Catechism finally resulted in the German battleship being sunk near Tromsø on 12 November 1944. Thirty-eight Lancasters of No. 9 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron launched from Lossiemouth, Kinloss and Milltown and destroyed the vessel with Tallboy bombs.[16] Nearly 50 years later, No. 617 Squadron transferred to Lossiemouth and was based there between 1993 and 2014. Examples of the Tallboy, Grand Slam and Up Keep (bouncing bomb) were on display within the squadron site.[17]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth
A fascinating documentary about Attack on the Tirpitz with footage from the bombers as well as commentary from both the German sailors and the RAF airmen (I hope you can see this from where you are)
23 minutes 12 secs is where the attack footage begins
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+dambusters%27+great+escape%3a+secret+history&&view=detail&mid=CEE3BF09E6CA3684806DCEE3BF09E6CA3684806D&FORM=VRDGAR
My local area has been home to a Royal Air Force base since before the 2nd World War. One of it's most famous missions was it's role as the final staging post for the attack on the German battleship 'Tirpitz'. Several attacks had been launched on the battleship, some more successful than others. She retreated to hide in a Norwegian fjord whilst undergoing repairs, but the RAF with heavily modified bombers flew 1200 miles into the Arctic Circle to attack her.
Further operations against Tirpitz took place between September and November 1944. Operation Catechism finally resulted in the German battleship being sunk near Tromsø on 12 November 1944. Thirty-eight Lancasters of No. 9 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron launched from Lossiemouth, Kinloss and Milltown and destroyed the vessel with Tallboy bombs.[16] Nearly 50 years later, No. 617 Squadron transferred to Lossiemouth and was based there between 1993 and 2014. Examples of the Tallboy, Grand Slam and Up Keep (bouncing bomb) were on display within the squadron site.[17]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lossiemouth
A fascinating documentary about Attack on the Tirpitz with footage from the bombers as well as commentary from both the German sailors and the RAF airmen (I hope you can see this from where you are)
23 minutes 12 secs is where the attack footage begins
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+dambusters%27+great+escape%3a+secret+history&&view=detail&mid=CEE3BF09E6CA3684806DCEE3BF09E6CA3684806D&FORM=VRDGAR
