Operation Tungsten
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Operation Tungsten was a Second World War air raid by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy against the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjo
A Fleet Air Arm crewman chalks a message on the 1,600-pound bomb carried by a Fairey Barracuda of HMS Furious
A British aerial reconnaissance photograph of Tirpitz moored at Kaafjord. The artificial smoke generators on the shores of the fjord have not yet obscured her.
Loch Eriboll in Scotland was used to simulate Kaafjord during training exercises
Hellcats on the escort carrier HMS Emperor, with other ships of the British force in the background
Operation Mascot
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Operation Mascot was an unsuccessful British carrier air raid conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord, Norway, on 17 July 1944. The attack was one of a series of s
Corsair fighters and Barracuda bombers ranged on the flight deck of HMS Formidable during operations off Norway in July 1944
An 830 Naval Air Squadron Barracuda taking off from the temporary ski jump on Furious at the start of Operation Mascot
U-361 under attack on 17 July