Which German battleship was sunk by Lancaster bombers in a Norwegian fjord in November 1944?
Silloth of raids over Germany and France. On 11/12 September 1944, the squadron went to Archangel in Russia in order to attack the German battleship "Tirpitz" which was sheltering in a Norwegian fjord. Bosward took part in the raids in which the battleship was damaged but not sunk. It was later sunk by the RAF on 12 November 1944. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on 14 November 1944 for his part in the Tirpitz raid. Jimmy "Pongo" Wareing Jimmy Wareing was born in Silloth in 1917 and played rugby union for Silloth and Cumberland before the war. He
German battleship Tirpitz The RAF used Lancaster bombers to carry Tallboy bombs to penetrate the ship's heavy armour. The first attack, Operation Paravane, took place on 15 September 1944; operating from a forward base at Yagodnik in Russia, 23 Lancasters (17 each carrying one Tallboy and six each carrying twelve JW mines), scored a single hit on the ship's bow. The Tallboy penetrated the ship, exited the keel, and exploded in the bottom of the fjord. of water flooded the bow and caused a serious increase in trim forward. The ship was rendered unseaworthy and was limited to . Concussive shock caused severe