SIGHTING THE BISMARCK

The German battleship Bismarck is located by a
PBY Catalina of RAF Coastal Command, hours before she was sunk.
Signed by Bismarck survivors

SIGHTING THE BISMARCK by Robert Taylor

At 10.30 on the morning of 26th May, 1941, a lone Catalina of 209 Squadron rediscovers the mighty German battleship Bismarck - pride of the Kriegsmarine - which had eluded the Royal Navy for more than 32 hours. Heavy flak surrounds the Catalina as she signals the position of the Bismarck - some 700 miles west of Brest - to the Admiralty. The following day, confronted by the Royal Navy battleships King George V and Rodney, supported by 2 cruisers, the Bismarck was sunk during one of the epic actions of modern naval warfare.

Each print is signed by FOUR of the small band of
only 110 crew members who survived the sinking of the Bismarck.


The Signatories

Obergefreiter HANS HELLWIG
Machinen Obergefreiter KARL-AUGUST SCHULDT
Matrose II JOSEF STATZ
Machinen Obergefreiter JOHANNES ZIMMERMANN


Print size: 32 x 23ins approx

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