Operation Catechism
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Operation Catechism was the British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 heavy bombers from the Royal Air Force, which atta
'The Wreck of the Tirpitz'
Tirpitz at her mooring off the island of Håkøya in northern Norway in November 1944
The capsized Tirpitz in March 1945
A No. 617 Squadron crew shortly after returning from Operation Catechism
Operation Source
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Operation Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships – Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and Lützow – based in northern Norway, using X-class midget submarines.
Operation Catechism
…between January and April 1942 while she was stationed at Fættenfjord. From March 1943, Tirpitz was based at Kaafjord in the far north of Norway. During Operation Source on 22 September, she was severely damaged by explosives placed on her hull by Royal Navy personnel who had used midget submarines to penetrate Kaafjord…
Tirpitz c. 1941
Lt. Henty-Creer and the crew of X5
The grave of Lieutenant Lionel Barnett Whittam at the Commonwealth War Graves section of Tromsø's main cemetery