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Re: Stukas and HMS Illustrious.
Hello Jim
in the end it was up to pilot. When Barracudas dive bombed Tirpitz in 44, they used 1600 lb AP bombs, they were ordered to drop at certain height so that bombs could get enough speed before hitting and so be able to penetrate the armoured deck of Tirpitz but pilots dropped their bombs lower than ordered in order to max the number of hits, they got some hits but impact velocities were too low to armour deck penetrations so bombs exploded on armoured deck, some might even exploded before the armoured deck but of course inside Tirpitz. Not time to check exact number of hits and where they exploded but that info should be available in any good books on Tirpitz.
Juha
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