Sqn Ldr George L Johnson Dambuster Crew Tribute Collection of Lancaster Prints.
DPK0427. Sqn Ldr George L Johnson Dambuster Crew Tribute Collection of Lancaster Prints. Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM1483B. Operation Chastise - The Night They Broke the Dams by Ivan Berryman. Guy Gibsons Lancaster having unsuccessfully dropped its bomb, draws enemy fire from the aircraft of Sqn Ldr Young as his bomb explodes spectacularly on the Mohne Dam during the audacious Dams Raids of 16th/17th May 1943. Signed by Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM. Johnson signature edition of 400 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM1128B. Goner 78A - The Dambusters Raid by Tim Fisher. The fourth attack on the Mohne Dam led by Sqd Ldr H M Young, piloting AJ-A (ED877/G) In the background to his starboard side is Flt Lt H B Martin, flying AJ-P (ED909/G) who was drawing fire away from the attacking aircraft by flashing his identification lights and turning on the spotlight altitude indicators. Wing Cdr G P Gibsons aircraft is out of sight, engaging enemy fire at the far side of the dam wall. The bomb was observed to make three good bounces and exploded on contact exactly as Barnes Wallis had planned, generating a vast column of water. Although it was not obvious at that instant, this was the attack which succeeded in breaching the dam. However, it was not until the next attack by Flt D J H Maltby that it was realised that the dam was crumbling. The code word sent out by Young signified; Goner (bomb released) 7 (exploded in contact with the dam) 8 (no apparent breach) A (Mohne dam) Youngs aircraft was lost with all lives on its return to Scampton possibly around 02.58 near Castricum-ann-Zee, north of Ijmuiden. Signed by Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM. Johnson signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item DHM1655. En-Route by Anthony Saunders. Flying at altitudes as low as fifty feet, Lancasters of 617 Squadron follow the Dutch canals en-route to Germany - their target, the mighty Dams of the Ruhr - on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. At such low level the pilots of many of the specially modified Lancasters found their flying skills tested to the extreme as they were forced to take violent evasive actions when they encountered flak, large electricity pylons and tall trees, but several of the gunners in the crews still managed to shoot up and damage a number of trains on the way. Sold out at publisher - we have the last 10 prints availabble. Signed by Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM and Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF (deceased). Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches (67cm x 50cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM2641. Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in darkness at tree-top height, with just the light of the moon to guide them, the specially selected crews made a surprise attack on the mighty hydro-electric dams in the Ruhr. Flying specially modified aircraft, each Lancaster was equipped with the unique cylindrical hydro-statically detonated bomb as conceived by Barnes Wallis. This huge device when released from the aircraft flying at exactly 230mph and at the precise height of 60 ft spun onto the surface of the water. To achieve the critical height above the water at moment of release, two beams of light, from front and aft, were projected from the aircraft on to the surface of the water, creating a neat figure-of-eight on the surface below. As each bomb bounced across the water towards its target, it struck the dam wall, sank to the pre-set depth, and exploded. The results were devastating. Led by the mercurial Squadron Leader Guy Gibson, ignoring furious defensive gunfire while flying perilously close to the water, each crew made their precision run at the target, released their deadly bomb, and those lucky enough to survive the barrage of tracer shells and anti-aircraft fire, escaped into the darkness. Not all of them did. In the space of those few, highly charged minutes, the Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron wrote their names into history. Sixty-four years on, the memory of their exploits and the courage displayed by the crews on that historic raid, together with the genius of Bames Wallis, remain undimmed. Gerald Coulsons painting shows a single Lancaster of 617 Squadron, one of the lucky ones having made it safely back to base, proudly standing alone as if in tribute to those that didn't return. Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston (deceased), Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM and Corporal Kenneth Lucas (deceased). Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Image size 20.5 inches x 12.5 inches (52cm x 32cm)
Website Price: £ 350.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £685.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £335
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