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Sinking the Tirpitz

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SINKING THE TIRPITZ
by Nicolas Trudgian

Overall Print Size: 27⅛" x 18¾"

Edition Size: 550

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Throughout four long years of war, Allied air and naval forces endeavored to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. The mighty warship was a constant threat to Allied shipping, even while lying at anchor in her lair among the fjords of Norway. Her very presence demanded constant attention and hampered all naval decision making till she was sunk at the end of 1944. Without so much as weighing anchor, Tirpitz could disrupt the north Atlantic convoys by tying up urgently needed escort vessels in readiness in case she made a run for the open sea. Churchill was exasperated and called upon RAF Bomber Command to make a decisive bid to finish her off once and for all.

On November 12, 1944 Lancasters of Number 9 and 617 Squadrons set forth towards the Norwegian fjord of Tromso where Tirpitz lay at anchor surrounded by a web of protective submarine nets. Armed with the 12,000 pound Tallboy bomb devised by Barnes Wallis, the Lancaster crews arrived in clear skies overhead the fjord to see the great battleship sharply contrasted against the still deep waters some 10,000 feet below. As flak from the ships heavy armament burst all around them, one by one the 31 Lancasters rolled in for the attack. In a matter of three minutes the devastating aerial bombardment was completed, and eleven minutes later, her port side ripped open, the Tirpitz capsized and sank. The Coup de Grace was complete.

Nicolas Trudgian "SINKING THE TIRPITZ" is a fine recreation of one of the most famous and successful air attacks of World War II.

In addition to the artist, providing collectors with a valuable print authentication, this print is individually signed in pencil by THREE of the most prominent survivors of this historic mission:

  • Group Captain JAMES R. "WILLIE" TATE (led the Tirpitz raid)
  • Squadron Leader TONY IVESON (617 Squadron pilot)
  • Leutnant Zur Zee Willibald Volsing (gunnery officer on the Tirpitz)

Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.