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.
HMS Aboukir (1900) HMS "Aboukir" was a "Cressy"-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and spent most of her career there. Upon returning home in 1912, she was placed in reserve. Recommissioned at the start of the First World War, she played a minor role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight a few weeks after the beginning of the war. "Aboukir" was sunk by the German submarine "U-9", together with two of her sister ships, on 22 September 1914; 527 men of her complement died.