Tirpitz - Fleet Air Arm and R.A.F. Attacks on the Tirpitz in North Norway Januar 1942 to November 1944

Fleet Air Arm and R.A.F. Attacks against the Tirpitz in North Norway Januar 1942 - November 1944
Date	By whom carried out	Aircraft used	Position of "Tirpitz"	Results achieved	Aircraft losses	Remarks
28-29 January 1942	R.A.F.	9 Halifaxes 7 Stirlings	Fættenfjord near Trondheim	No hits	0	Night bombing attack
9 March 1942	Victorious	12 Albacores	At sea off Lofoten Is.	No hits	2	Torpedo attack
30-31 March 1942	R.A.F.	33 Halifaxes	Fættenfjord	No hits	5	Most aircraft failed to locate target on account of bad weather
27-28 April 1942	R.A.F.	31 Halifaxes 12 Lancasters	Fættenfjord	No hits	5	Night bombing attack
28-29 April 1942	R.A.F.	23 Halifaxes 11 Lancasters	Fættenfjord	No hits	2	Night bombing attack
3 April 1944	Victorious Searcher Pursuer Furious Emperor Fencer	42 Barracudas 21 Corsairs 20 Hellcats 10 Wildcats	Altafjord	14 hits 1 near miss (4 - 1.600lb.) (11 - 500lb.)	4
24 April 1944	Victorious Searcher Emperor Furious Striker Pursuer	Cancelled owing to bad weather
15 May 1944	Victorious Furious	27 Barracudas 28 Corsairs 4 Seafires 4 Wildcats	Altafjord			Attack abandoned on reaching the coast owing to dense low cloud at 1.000 ft
28 May 1944	Victorious Furious	Cancelled owing to bad weather
17 July 1944	Formidable Indefatigable Furious	44 Barracudas 18 Corsairs 12 Fireflies 18 Hellcats	Altafjord	No hits	2
22 August 1944, morning	Formidable Indefatigable Trumpeter Furious Nabob	31 Barracudas 10 Hellcats 11 Fireflies 24 Corsairs 8 Seafires (for diversionary attacks)	Altafjord	No hits	2	Barracudas and Corsairs returned on reaching the coast owing to dense low cloud at 1.500 ft.
22 August 1944, afternoon	Indefatigable	6 Hellcats 8 Fireflies	Altafjord	No hits	0
24 August 1944	Indefatigable Formidable Furious	33 Barracudas 10 Hellcats 24 Corsairs 10Fireflies	Altafjord	Two hits (1 - 1.600 lb.) (1 - 500 lb.)	6
29 August 1944	Indefatigable Formidable	26 Barracudas 17 Corsairs 7 Hellcats 10 Fireflies 7 Seafires (for diversion- ary attacks)	Altafjord	No hits	2
15 September 1944	R.A.F.	28 Lancasters	Altafjord	2 hits (12.000 lb.)	0	Operating from a Russian airfield
29 October 1944	R.A.F.	38 Lancasters	Tromsø	No hits 1 near miss	1
12 November 1944	R.A.F.	32 Lancasters	Tromsø	3 hits and 2 near misses (12.,000 lb.)	0	Tirpitz sunk

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