Description
All Editions are signed and numbered by the Artist.
You will also receive a Certificate of Authenticity.
Individual Biographies of each signatory included.
Artist Studio Collection Prints are signed by:
Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM
Bomb Aimer on AJ-T, American Joe McCarthy’s Lancaster
The Artist Remarque Edition prints are also signed by:
Flying Officer Raymond E. Grayston
Flight Engineer of AJ-N, Les Knights’ Lancaster
Enemy Coast Ahead – The Dambusters – Lancasters of 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, begin their low level North Sea dash towards the enemy coast on the way to the heart of the Ruhr and the great dams. For the mission, the squadron was divided into three formations;
Formation 1 was composed of nine aircraft in three groups. Group 1, Gibson, Hopgood and Martin, Group 2, Young, Maltby and Shannon Group 3, Maudslay, Astell and Knight. Their mission, to attack the Möhne; any aircraft with bombs remaining would then attack the Eder.
Formation 2, numbering five aircraft, piloted by McCarthy, Byers, Barlow, Rice and Munroe, were to attack the Sorpe.
Formation 3 was a mobile reserve consisting of aircraft piloted by Anderson, Townsend, Brown, Ottley and Burpee. These would either be tasked to bomb the main dams or attack three smaller secondary target dams: the Lister, the Ennepe and the Diemel. 53 of the 133 aircrew who participated in the attack were killed, a casualty rate of almost 40 percent. Thirteen of those killed were members of the RCAF and two from the RAAF. Of the survivors, 34 were decorated at Buckingham Palace on 22 June, with Gibson awarded the Victoria Cross. There were five Distinguished Service Orders, 10 Distinguished Flying Crosses and four bars, two Conspicuous Gallantry Medals, eleven Distinguished Flying Medals and one bar.
Size Calculator
70cm x 50cm = 27.5” x 19.5”
66cm x 40cm = 26” x 15.5”
48.3cm x 39.2cm = 19” x 15.5”
46cm x 34cm = 18.5” x 13”
38cm x 30.5cm = 15” x 12”
