THE ATTACK ON THE PRINZ EUGEN - Hugging the shore and protected by a destroyer screen and fighter escort, the German cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was sighted on Sunday evening - 17th May - steaming southwards along the Norwegian coast. She was attacked by torpedoe-and-bomb carrying aircraft of Coastal Command, operating more than 300 miles from their base. The PRINZ EUGEN had been undergoing repairs in the Lo Fjord, Trondheim, after her escape from Brest in company with the GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST. Squadron Leader Pett, who took part in the attack. [See Bulletin issued
THE ATTACK ON THE PRINZ EUGEN - Hugging the shore and protected by a destroyer screen and fighter escort, the German cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was sighted on Sunday evening - 17th May - steaming southwards along the Norwegian coast. She was attacked by torpedoe-and-bomb carrying aircraft of Coastal Command, operating more than 300 miles from their base. The PRINZ EUGEN had been undergoing repairs in the Lo Fjord, Trondheim, after her escape from Brest in company with the GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST. Squadron Leader Pett, who took part in the attack. [See Bulletin issued ]. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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