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.
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
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
Operation Source
…by British carrier-launched dive bombers in Operation Tungsten on 3 April 1944. On 12 November 1944, the ship was sunk by Avro Lancaster bombers in Operation Catechism. X-5: Unofficially named Platypus, Passage crew Lt Terry-Lloyd, L. Seaman Element and Stoker (1st Class) Garrity, operational crew Lt Henty-Creer…
'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