tirpitz & graf spee

rjcjunior · 08-21-06, 09:51 AM

I find this, enjoy it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2979417832779680795&q=tirpitz

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7817934211515976166&q=graf+spee (rescue the eagle) en castellano.

mr chris · 08-21-06, 11:02 AM

Very intresting thanks very much

andy_311 · 08-21-06, 04:10 PM

I always thought it was the Grand Slam bomb that took out the Tirpitz not midgit subs but I could be wrong.

bookworm_020 · 08-21-06, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by andy_311

I always thought it was the Grand Slam bomb that took out the Tirpitz not midgit subs but I could be wrong.

The Tirpitz was heavly damaged by the miget subs, and was moved to Tromsofjord to turn her into a coastal defence battery. This brought her in range of 617 Sqd who droped 20 tallboy boms, two which hit.

She capsized with most of her crew on board, some were resuced by cutting a hole in her upturned hull, allowing them to escape.

joea · 08-22-06, 05:19 AM

Don't forget the FAA did a couple of raids against Tirpitz too in between the midget attack and the attack by the Lancs in 1944. Did some damage but as the Brits did not know the extent of her damge they kept trying til she was sunk. BTW these FAA raids were one of the few times Hellcats and Corsairs saw service in the ETO.

Barracudas played a big part too.

bookworm_020 · 08-22-06, 05:56 PM

Sorry forgot to mention them. They added to the damage inflicted by the subs, which made up theminds of the top brass that she wouldn't be able to go to sea again and it would be better for them to turn it into a costal battery.

The FAA attacks were the baptism of fire for the Barracuda and the Corsair, the Hellcat having been used on smaller carriers in convoy protection.

I belive the only VC won by the FAA fighter pilots was by a pilot who flew the Corsair, but in the Pacific Theater

08-21-06, 09:51 AM	#1
rjcjunior Watch Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brasil Posts: 28 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	tirpitz & graf spee I find this, enjoy it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2979417832779680795&q=tirpitz http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7817934211515976166&q=graf+spee (rescue the eagle) en castellano. __________________ Porque a vida é passageira, e a morte é o trem. (because the life ia a passenger, and the death is the train)

08-21-06, 11:02 AM	#2
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Very intresting thanks very much __________________

08-22-06, 05:56 PM	#6
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Sorry forgot to mention them. They added to the damage inflicted by the subs, which made up theminds of the top brass that she wouldn't be able to go to sea again and it would be better for them to turn it into a costal battery. The FAA attacks were the baptism of fire for the Barracuda and the Corsair, the Hellcat having been used on smaller carriers in convoy protection. I belive the only VC won by the FAA fighter pilots was by a pilot who flew the Corsair, but in the Pacific Theater __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-21-06, 04:10 PM	#3
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I always thought it was the Grand Slam bomb that took out the Tirpitz not midgit subs but I could be wrong.

08-22-06, 05:19 AM	#5
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Don't forget the FAA did a couple of raids against Tirpitz too in between the midget attack and the attack by the Lancs in 1944. Did some damage but as the Brits did not know the extent of her damge they kept trying til she was sunk. BTW these FAA raids were one of the few times Hellcats and Corsairs saw service in the ETO. Barracudas played a big part too.