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Re: Maryland 771 FAA Squadron x Tirpitz
Hi Adriano
From a book, British Naval Aircraft, by Owen Thetford and published by Putnams(6 th Edition 1991) there is a reference to the use of a small number of Marylands by the Royal Navy. There is reference to an incident similar to the one you describe but with significant differences. The date given is 22/May/1941 when a Maryland of 771 Sqn took off from Hatston,in the Orkney Islands, and discovered that the Bismark and Prinz Eugen had left their Norwegian Fjord. On this report the UK Home Fleet was ordered out in pursuit. The crew were Lt N E Goddard RNVR and Cdr G A Rotheram OBE RN. The serial of the a/c is not given. The Bismark was sunk on 27/May/1941. This is different from what you have and may indicate that names and dates have been confused between perhaps 2 incidents
Regards
Dick
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