Bud Abbott Rained Terror on the Tirpitz

This remarkable veteran flew with the Fleet Air Arm of the British Navy. His most exciting mission was to bomb the German battleship, the Tirpitz. I interviewed him recently about his experiences. To read my Wartime Wednesdays blog post, click here: www.elinorflorence.com/blog/tirpitz.

 

Such an interesting blog. Thanks for sharing!

 

http://elinorflorence.com/blog/tirpitz

I had never heard of Operation Tungsten! Thanks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tungsten
Order of Battle for Operation Tungsten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_order_of_battle_for_Operation_Tungsten

Good recount with pics here: http://ww2today.com/3-april-1944-operation-tungsten-navy-dive-bombers-hit-the-tirpitz
and http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/history/tiropertungsten.html

 

great pictures ..great story...just what I needed to get out of the boring routine....! I wonder if some of them thought "' o, just another mission" ? excellent pics in Fred's link...
on ship, "calm" and standard duty before the attack , ....then the machines of war creating unimaginable noise, hell, danger, death, fear, joy.etc

 

Another fantastic post. Thank you for your contributions.

Yugoslavpartizan if you didn't look around at some of her previous blogs I urge you to do so. Might prove an interesting model for you as well. I suspect you have access to at least a few remaining people from that time period whose stories are completely unknown to most of us.

 

I will definately look it up. I know a 90 year old who's still alive and he's been in the partisans.