Sinking the Tirpitz by Nicolas Trudgian.
Throughout four long years of war Allied air and naval forces endeavoured 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 12,000lb 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 10,000ft 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.
Signed limited edition of 550 prints. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £140.00
Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
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Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £200.00
Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
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Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £210.00
Signed by Group Captain J B Tait, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 550 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £100.00
Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
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