Name a German Battleship that was sank by a bombing mission lead by Baron Cheshire's successor as the commander of the 617 Squadron?
Leonard Cheshire Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated World War II Royal Air Force pilot and philanthropist.
Operation Excess Operation Excess was a series of British supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. The operation encountered the first presence of "Luftwaffe" anti-shipping aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea. All the convoyed freighters reached their destinations. However, the destroyer "Gallant" was disabled by Italian mines; and Axis bombers severely damaged the cruiser "Southampton" and the aircraft carrier "Illustrious".