Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler’s Mightiest Warship. Patrick Bishop
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      Injured observer Dunworth being carried from his Albacore, March 1942 (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, A 7902)

      Ice-caked deck of British warship in Northern Waters, 1942. (Topham/AP/TopFoto.co.uk)

      Admiral Sir Dudley Pound walking to No. 10 with Winston Churchill. (© Associated Newspapers/Daily Mail/Rex Features)

      Admiral Sir John Tovey. (Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Scherl)

      Escorts and merchant ships of convoy PQ.17 at Hvalfjord, May 1942. (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, A 8953)

      Tirpitz steaming through Altafjord, 16 March 1944. (John Asmussen, www.bismarck-class.dk)

      RAF reconnaissance picture of Tirpitz in Trondheim. (ww2images.com)

      Bjorn Rorholt. (Private Collection)

      Tirpitz at anchor off Kaafjord, 4 July 1942. (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, HU 50983)

      Mark Two Human Torpedo, 1942. (ww2images.com)

      X-10 with Sub-Lieutenant Page on the casing. (The Royal Navy Submarine Museum)

      Interior of X-craft with Sub Lt. ‘Robbie’ Robinson. (The Royal Navy Submarine Museum)

      X-craft commanding officers before departure on Operation Source. (The Royal Navy Submarine Museum)

      Tirpitz moored in Kaafjord. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)

      View from Tirpitz of the X-Craft attack. (ww2images.com)

      X-craft survivor John Lorimer on board Tirpitz after capture. (ww2images.com)

      Donald Cameron with Godfrey Place after their release from a German PoW camp. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)

      Wildcat on deck. (ww2images.com)

      Barracudas landing on HMS Formidable, August 1944. (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, A 25443)

      Christmas in the seamen’s mess on Tirpitz, 1942. (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, HU 50938)

      Seamen drinking beer on Tirpitz. (The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London, HU 50766)

      Vice Admiral Oskar Kummetz on deck with Raeder and Admiral Otto Schniewind during an inspection trip to Norway. (akg-images/ullstein bild)

      Aerial still of RAF attacks on Tirpitz, 15 September 1944. (ww2images.com)

      Group photo of Flight Officer C. H. Giersch, Flight Lieutenant Bruce A. Buckham, Flight Officer D. A. Nolan, Squadron Leader A. G. Williams, Flight Officer D. A. Daniell and Wing Commander James B. Tait. (AP/Press Association Images)

      James Tait with pipe. (Courtesy Peter Tait)

      Woodsman’s picture of the final attack through trees, November 1944. (Private collection)

      Aerial photo of final attack taken from Flight Lieutenant Knights’ Lancaster. (ww2images.com)

      Tait pictured with Cochrane at the Tirpitz celebrations. (Courtesy Peter Tait)

      Capsized Tirpitz with bomb crater in foreground. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)

      While every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright material reproduced herein, the publishers would like to apologize for any omissions and would be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgements in future editions.

       Maps

       Northern Waters

       The Northern Front

       Trondheim Area

       Loire Estuary and St Nazaire

       Convoy PQ.17

       Operation Source

       The Battle of North Cape

       The Final Attack

       Ranks of the Kreigsmarine

SEAMEN
Matrose Ordinary Seaman
Matrosen-Gefreiter Able Seaman
Matrosen-Obergefreiter Leading Seaman
Matrosen-Hauptgefreiter Senior Leading Seaman
WARRANT OFFICERS
Bootsmann Boatswain
Oberbootsmann Chief Boatswain
Stabsoberbootsmann Senior Chief Boatswain
OFFICERS
Fähnrich zur See Midshipman
Oberfähnrich zur See Sub-Lieutenant
Leutnant zur See Lieutenant (Junior)
Oberleutnant zur See Lieutenant (Senior)
Kapitänleutnant Lieutenant Commander
Korvettenkapitän Commander
Fregattenkapitän Captain (Junior)
Kapitän zur See СКАЧАТЬ