Lancaster's Tallboy attack on Lutzow in 1945 - any info on this?

[JWM]

In relation to yesterday's a Tallboy bomb exploded in semi-controlled way in Świnoujście in Poland I have a question - which RAF squadron was used in the Tallboy attack on Lutzow in Świnoujście in 1945? Is there more data about this episode, in which this heavy cruiser was sunk?

I found that it was famous Squadron 617 and that it was in April 1945, but maybe it is too few to build the model...

https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/remains-of-wwii-german-warship-sunk-by-rafs-dambusters-raised-from-szczecin-seabed-12697

Regards

J-W

[Seahawk]

Raid by 18 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on 16 April 1945, led by Gp Capt J-P Fauquier.  14 with TALLBOYs, 4 with 12 x 1000lb bombs.  NG228 (Sq Ldr Powell) shot down by flak.  Many near-misses and one possible hit on the stern, possibly by Flt Lt Hill's PB997, observed.  Lutzow sank 2 days later as the result of a direct hit suffered.  

 

From Dambusters _ The Definitive History of 617 Squadron At War 1943-45 by Chris Ward and Andy Lee (Red Kite, 2008)

Edited October 14, 2020 by Seahawk

[JWM]

46 minutes ago, Seahawk said:

Raid by 18 Lancasters of 617 Squadron on 16 April 1945, led by Gp Capt J-P Fauquier.  14 with TALLBOYs, 4 with 12 x 1000lb bombs.  NG228 (Sq Ldr Powell) shot down by flak.  Many near-misses and one possible hit on the stern, possibly by Flt Lt Hill's PB997, observed.  Lutzow sank 2 days later as the result of a direct hit suffered.  

 

From Dambusters _ The Definitive History of 617 Squadron At War 1943-45 by Chris Ward and Andy Lee (Red Kite, 2008)

Edited 10 minutes ago by Seahawk

Thank you! That is a power of our BM FORUM!

Regards

J-W

[303sqn]

See the first splash it made, about 1 min 5 sec.

 

 

[Work In Progress]

Well, considering it didn't go off I was surprised it was visible in that footage but I guess you're thinking it's the small one at 12 o'clock from the ship? Looks plausible to me.

[JWM]

6 hours ago, 303sqn said:

See the first splash it made, about 1 min 5 sec.

See the second splash at 1.04 , just right after the first one, a bit right and down from first explosion, about 11 hour from middle of ship -   and it is without explosion! So this is THAT BOMB fall! 

The Lancasters looks like in Gran Slam configuration, without upper and nose turrets.

Thank you for sharing

J-W

 

Edited October 15, 2020 by JWM