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A Royal Air Force (RAF) reconnaissance photograph of Tromso Fiord, showing the capsized hull of the 45,000 ton German battleship Tirpitz, after an attack on 12 November 1944, by Lancaster bombers of Nos 9 and 617 Squadrons, RAF. Using 12,000 pound armour piercing, Tallboy bombs, she capsized and sank with the loss of 1,204 lives. Note the attending small craft and the many holes in the hull, cut out to rescue trapped crew members.
TROMSO FIORD, NORWAY. 1945-03-22. A RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE CAPSIZED HULL OF THE 45,000 TON GERMAN BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ AFTER ATTACK ON 1944-11-12 BY LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 9 AND NO. 61
TROMSO FIORD, NORWAY. 1945-03-22. A RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE CAPSIZED HULL OF THE 45,000 TON GERMAN BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ AFTER ATTACK ON 1944-11-12 BY LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 9 AND NO. 61
TROMSO FIORD, NORWAY. 1949-11-12. THE 45,000 TON GERMAN BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ IN THE FIORD SURROUNDED BY AN ANTI-TORPEDO BOOM BEFORE THE ATTACK BY LANCASTERS OF NO. 9 AND NO. 617 SQUADRON RAF, WITH 12,00
Tromso Fjord, Norway. 1944-11. Photograph was taken from a Lancaster aircraft of No. 463 Squadron RAAF and revealed the complete success of the Lancasters of No 9 and No. 617 Squadrons RAF, 12,000 lb
Five 12,000 pound Tallboy bombs in a bomb dump at 9 Squadron, RAF. A sixth bomb is waiting on a bomb trailer in the background. The Tallboy was designed by Dr Barnes Wallis as a heavy cased, deep pene
Lancaster Squadrons Nos 9 RAF and 617 RAF of No. 5 Group Bomber Command attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fiord Norway from the Russian base Yagonik near Archangel. Accompanying the bomber
