Tirpitz

22" x 18" • © 2011

FOR PURCHASE Matted ensemble as shown. $1400

Consisting of a pencil drawing of the German battleship TIRPITZ, plus SIX signatures of veterans, plus Kreigsmarine Eagle, plus photos/bios of signees.

Signatures: (original, pencil)

• Sub Lt. Richard H. Kendall D.S.O. was a Royal Navy diver and member of the X-craft which attack Tirpitz.
• Terje Jacobsen was a courageous young man of the Norwegian underground who reported on the Tirpitz to London via secret radio.
• F.Lt. Harry Haxby was an RAF flyer who attacked the Tirpitz.
• Midshipman Alfred Zuba was a crewman aboard Tirpitz when she was attacked by RAF Lancasters. He was trapped inside the hull, but was rescued after she capsized.
• Oberleutnant Kurt Schulze flew Me-109′s and commanded 1/JG-51 in Norway, when he was ordered to defend Tirpitz against the RAF attack.
• Flight Leader Tony Iveson, D.F.C. was on Lancasters and flew three missions against Tirpitz, including the one which sank her.

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