R9452 MP-L from 76 Squadron

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March 30/31 1942
Air Raid onTirpitz

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Air Raid on Tirpitz

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Air Raid on Tirpitz

Battleship Tirpitz

On 30th March 1942, the crew of Halifax R9452 MP-L from 76 Squadron took off at 1822 hrs from RAF Tain on the North East coast of Scotland to participate in an attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz which was moored at the time in Fættenfjord in Norway.

On arriving in the target area they found 10/10ths low cloud which obscured the landscape below and made it impossible to pin point the target. Their load of bombs were dropped as ordered from around 5,000 feet.

The aircraft and crew returned safely to RAF Lossiemouth rather than RAF Tain landing at 0222 hrs on 31st March 1942.

Rank	Name	Force	Crew Position	Age	Home Town	Fate
P/O	RENAUT		Pilot			Returned
Sgt	KITCHEN		2nd Pilot			Returned
P/O	COLLINS		Navigator			Returned
Sgt	HALL		W/Op Air Gunner			Returned
Sgt	WEBB		W/Op Air Gunner			Returned
Sgt	ELLIS		Tail Gunner			Returned
F/L	CROFT		Flight Engineer			Returned