But as you say, in fact we will never know for sure; I was just trying to see
why you hadn't included both sqns
I had.... in an earlier post. The propellers web site linked above had stated that it was aircraft from Coningsby that had sunk the Tirpitz. My attempt to correct this by adding the Bardney Sqn received the anticipated childish "they didn't sink it - 617 did". The fact remains that nobody knows which bomb of the many that struck actually caused the Tirpitz to sink. As someone with connections to the old "Base 53", I naturally wanted to put matters straight, although I find IX Sqn also somewhat guilty of pettiness. Perhaps I should start a campaign to attribute the sinking to JO-F "Whoa Bessie" of Waddington's 463 Sqn flown by Bruce Buckham's crew - that aircraft was also on the raid as the camera platform for the 5 Group Film Unit.