I've lost the tirpitz!!!

• Feb 4, 2005

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Andrew

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I think that the Tirpitz is under all that smoke off to the right.and may not be in the picture at all, because I am sure that is not a recon photo, it looks like it may have been taken from an Escort Fighter.

If the prevailing wind is East to West, the smoke produceing machines would be situated east of the target, so that the wind blows the smoke westwards, and therefore cover the target, also the bombers are flying roughly in the same direction as the smoke is being blown, which is also an indicator of where the target could be.

 

• Feb 4, 2005

• #22

cheddar cheese

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the lancaster kicks ass said:

I know the plane is a lancaster, i'm just looking for the tirpitz which is in there somewhere..............

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I mean the plane flying past...looks 109ish to me but I dont know.

 

• Mar 28, 2005

• #23

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Cant quite see it on your pic either lanc, heres some from Flypast nov 2004 edition.

Before:-

After taking a direct hit from a 12,000lb "Tallboy" bomb (lower left)

 

• Mar 28, 2005

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reddragon

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Feb 25, 2005

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I have seen that photograph before and if I recall correctly, she was much easier to spot than in this photograph. However, it's been so long since I've seen it, I can't remember where she is. I'll look around and see if I have a copy of the photo in a book or something.

 

• Mar 28, 2005

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i believe it's actually a still from a piece of video fotage, and no CC, there were no enemy fighters present during the attack.........

 

• Mar 28, 2005

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reddragon

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The city on the edge of forever.

Here's a description of the photo, but it doesn't say where she is:


Photo: One of the attacking four-engine Lancaster bombers is at the centre of the photograph during the attack on Tirpitz 15 September 1944. The effort to cover the area in smoke is self-evident.

 

• Mar 28, 2005

• #27

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There were TWO occasions when the Tirpitz was attacked, and the Enemy fighters failed to meet it!

 

• Mar 28, 2005

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Dec 20, 2003

3 occasions actually.............

 

• Mar 28, 2005

• #29

Concorde247

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3 - wow I knew of the two when the 617 9 sdns attacked, what was the other?

 

• Mar 29, 2005

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there was a third but both the afore mention squadrons i believe, we went into this argument long ago.........

 

• Mar 31, 2005

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reddragon

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The city on the edge of forever.

I see a shadow just below the the horizontal lines of smoke that may be her. If you make a v with the bomber being the start of one line, and the three horizontal lines of smoke being the other, you will see a large smoke "cloud" and to the left of it is a shadow which I think may be her. I don't have the ability to mark a photo like you guys do, but I'll give it a try and show you what I'm talking about.

 

• Mar 31, 2005

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reddragon

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Feb 25, 2005

The city on the edge of forever.

How can I edit a photo to show where I believe she is? I can make out the shoreline above and below the bomber to some extent and I can see what appears to be the bow of the Tirpitz to the left of what appears to be a large cloud of smoke below and to the right of the bomber. Sorry I can't be more precise at this point but what I see really does look like the bow of the ship.

 

• Mar 31, 2005

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ok do you have a program like paint on your computer, it doesn't have to be anything advanced..........

 

• Mar 31, 2005

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reddragon

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The city on the edge of forever.

How do I add a photo? I put a circle around the shadow that I think may be the Tirpitz and a dot on what I think is her bow and put the photo in photobucket but it won't show up here. What do I do to get it here?

 

• Apr 1, 2005

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ok below where you normally put a post there should be an icon saying "post reply", click it and go down, click brouse and add the file.........

 

• Apr 2, 2005

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reddragon

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Nothing I've tried works. I've put the photo in message body, file name, and file comment (both under add an attachment). No photo ever shows up. It's in photobucket so what do I do to get it to show here?

 

• Apr 3, 2005

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what type of file is it saved as?? if you want you can email it to me and i'll post if for you, i'll email you my email address yeah??

 

• Apr 3, 2005

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reddragon

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When I drew on it, it became a bmp file.

I'll try to send it to you.

 

• Apr 3, 2005

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ah there's the problem, you can't upload .bmp files, try and save it as a .jpeg and start again.........

 

• Apr 8, 2005

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Dec 20, 2003

ok sorry this has taken so long but this is the picture that reddragon sent to me, of where he thinks the tirpitz is and this's the best bet i've seen so far............

 

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