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English: IWM caption : The men and machines of HMS FURIOUS which took part in the Fleet Air Arm attack on SMS TIRPITZ in Alten Fjord, Norway. Here Bob Cotcher, of Chelsea, chalks his message on a 1600 pound bomb just before the attack.
Comment : The aircraft is a Fairey Barracuda.
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This photograph [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186984 A22640] comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author Hudson, F A (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer

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Captions

Bob Cotcher, of Chelsea, chalks his message on a 1600 pound bomb just before the attack.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

1000 lb bomb

inception

3 April 1944

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current22:48, 27 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:48, 27 November 2011800 × 595 (169 KB)CobatforIWM photo
13:14, 5 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 13:14, 5 November 2011350 × 261 (27 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description={{en|IWM caption : The men and machines of HMS FURIOUS which took part in the Fleet Air Arm attack on SMS TIRPITZ in Alten Fjord, Norway. Here Bob Cotcher, of Chelsea, chalks his message on a 1600 pound

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