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Fiftieth Anniversary of the Attack on Tirpitz at Kaafjord Signed 8 – Craft Chariots. 22 Sep 1993 Gosport . Fiftieth Anniversary of the Attack on Tirpitz at Kaafjord on 22nd September 1943. Less We Forget The Thirty Nine Officers and Men of the X11th Submarine Flotilla who lost their lives while serving in X Craft and Chariots during the Second World War 1939 to 1945. Personally Signed by 8 X- Craft Chariots, Lt Cdr Ian E Fraser VC Commanded XE3 Operation Struggle the attack on Japanese Shipping at Singapore. successful attack on the Cruiser Takao in the Johore Straits on 31st July 1945. Sub Lieutenant F Ogden MBE RNVR. Crew member X 24. Was awarded the MBE for his determination and devotion to duty in HM Midget Submarine XE3 during Operation Struggle. As a passage crew member of this submarine he took part in the successful attack on the Cruiser Takao in the Johore Straits on 31st July 1945. John E Smart commanding one of the midget submarines X 8 operation Source that attacked the German Cruiser Lutzow and XE 1 Operation Struggle the Japanese Cruiser Takao in the Johore Straits on 31st July 1945. H Jim Fishleigh Crew Member X 10 Operation Source attack on the Scharnhorst was aborted after it was found it had left its anchorage for sea Exercises September 1943, Was ERA on XE1 Operation Struggle, Commander H Percy Westmacott DSC DSC* Commanding Officer X24 Operation Heckle Sinking of large floating dock Bergen Harbour 13 Sept 1944, Commanding XE 5 Operation Foil cutting telegraph cables in Lamma Channel off Hong Kong 29 July – 4 August 1945. Lieutenant Max H Shean, DSO and Bar, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)X-9, X 24, XE4, in 1941 went overseas to serve in ships of the Royal Australian Navy on Gibraltar convoys. He was then posted to special duties with the newly-introduced midget submarines, training crews in their operation and commanding a raid by them on German-occupied Bergen and Norway for which he received the DSO. In July 1945 Shean successfully cut the cable linking Hong Kong – Saigon and Singapore – Saigon in an undersea operation hampered by tidal difficulties and rough weather, for which he was awarded a Bar to the DSO. Adam Bergius DSC Diver on XE 4 Operation Sabre cutting telegraph cables off Saigon 29 July – 3 August 1945. He actually cut the cable, Vernon Coles DSM Operational Crew Member X – 9 Operation Source, X – 24 Operation Guidance, XE 4 Operation Sabre cutting telegraph cables off Saigon 29 July – 3 August 1945. Certified Copy No 3 of 120. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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