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Commemorating the historic Dambusters Raid, 16/17 May 1943
On the night of 16/17 May 1943, nineteen Lancasters crewed by 133 men of the newly- formed 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to begin Operation Chastise – a daring low- level night attack on the mighty dams of the Ruhr; the...
THE DAMBUSTERS - TARGET X
Twenty minutes had passed and three Lancasters had attacked but there was still no sign of a breach in the Möhne Dam, the first of three primary targets for the newly- formed elite 617 Squadron under the command of Wg Cdr Guy Gibson. Gibson and Flt Lt ‘Mick’ Martin had made successful attacks but Flt Lt ‘Hoppy’ Hopgood, whose...
Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Dambuster Raid
Who were the Dambusters?
On the night of 16 / 17 May 1943 an elite group of airmen from the newly-formed 617 Squadron set out from RAF Scampton on a unique mission. There were 133 of them, equally divided into the crews manning 19...
A highly-restricted edition serving as a tribute to all those from across the commonwealth who helped to plan, prepare and execute Operation Chastise – the attacks on the great dams of the Ruhr valley on the night of 16/17 May 1943.
Just NINETEEN copies of this memorable edition are available worldwide...
Richard’s stunning pencil drawing, completed on buff paper with colour highlights, depicts Lancaster AJ-F , piloted by Canadian Ken Brown, powering away from the Sorpe Dam as a huge plume of water erupts behind it. This was the second and final attack on the impenetrable dam which just a few hours earlier was attacked by ‘Johnny’ Johnson’s Lancaster AJ-T ....
As his bouncing bomb scores a direct hit, Pilot Officer Les Knight powers his Lancaster over the Eder Dam, a huge deluge of water cascading over the fractured wall as he departs the scene.
Released some years ago as an exclusively limited edition of just 100 copies worldwide, this long...
Commemorating Operation Chastise – the daring low-level raids against the great dams
of the Ruhr Valley on the night of 16/17 May 1943.
There were many skills required of an RAF bomber crew and none more so than courage. They often flew deep into enemy territory, mainly by night and often in freezing conditions, bad weather...
- THE MÖHNE DAM, 00.49 hrs, 17 MAY 1943 -
A highly-restricted edition commemorating 80 years since the Dambuster Raids: 1943 – 2023
17 May 1943, 00.49 hrs: by this time three specially modified Lancasters had attacked...
With the threat from Hitler’s increasingly belligerent regime growing, minds within Britain’s Air Ministry had already identified potential targets should the unthinkable happen and war with Germany become a reality. The list included the great dams of western Germany, some of the largest in the world.
On 9 September 1939 Hitler’s armies invaded Poland and,...
Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Dambuster Raids
“In the totally clear moonlight, it was an incredible sight. What we couldn’t understand was why nobody else was there......The answer seemed horribly obvious, but there was no time to dwell on it. We still had a job to do.” George ‘Johnny’ Johnson ...
