tirpitz memorial 12 11 44 hakoya island troms norway
Tirpitz was finally sunk immediately to the west of Tromsø in the bay of Håkøybotn on 12 November 1944 by 617 and 9 Squadron Lancasters with Tallboys on their third attempt The ship was struck by three Tallboys One was disrupted by a glancing blow from turret armour but the other two bombs pierced the ship s armour and blew a 200 foot hole in her port side Soon after internal fires set off a magazine and blew off C turret
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