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Strike on Berlin by Anthony Saunders.
The swaggering figure of the Reichsmarshal swept imperiously into the Air Ministry on Berlin's Wilhemstrasse, his jewel-encrusted baton and extravagant uniform as flamboyant as ever. This was Saturday, 30th January 1943, the tenth Anniversary of the Nazi Party coming to power, and Goering was about to deliver the main speech in tribute to the Party and its leader, the Fuhrer - Adolf Hitler. The Royal Air Force had other plans for the anniversary. In stark defiance of the imagined air security safeguarding Berlin, brave pilots of 105 and 139 Sqn's took to the air in de Havilland Mosquitoes, on course for Germany. Their mission: RAF Bomber Command's first daylight raid on Berlin! The raid was timed to perfection and three Mosquitoes of 105 Sqn raced headlong, low level towards their target - the Haus des Rundfunks, headquarters of the German State broadcasting company. It was an hour before Goering could finally be broadcast. He was boiling with rage and humiliation. .........
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| | Item Code : DHM6460 | Strike on Berlin by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Signed limited edition of 325 prints. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (77cm x 61cm) |
Tempest, Ken | | Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest (deceased) |
| Pilot, No.139 Squadron. Kenneth Tempest, who has died aged 93, flew with the RAFs Pathfinder Force as a navigator and later became a pilot with BOAC; during his flying career he completed 788 crossings of the Atlantic. Tempest joined the RAFs Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) – part of the Pathfinders - in the summer of 1944 as part of No 139 Squadron, operating the Mosquito. His first operation was to bomb Berlin on October 30, the first of numerous sorties to the Big City. In addition to |
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Bell, Colin | | Upon qualifying as a Pilot on Mosquitos he joined the Path Finder Force where he served with 608 and 162 Squadrons as part of part of the Light Night Strike Force. By the end of the war he had completed a total of 50 Operations including 13 trips to Berlin. |
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Dunn, George | | Flight Lieutenant George Dunn DFC (deceased) |
| A Pilot, he flew 30 operations in Halifaxes and then 14 missions as a Pathfinder to Berlin in Mosquitoes. He passed away on the 29th of April 2024 at age 100. |
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+ Artist : Anthony Saunders | £20 Off! | Now : £110.00 | | | | Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (77cm x 61cm) |
Tempest, Ken | | Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest (deceased) |
| Pilot, No.139 Squadron. Kenneth Tempest, who has died aged 93, flew with the RAFs Pathfinder Force as a navigator and later became a pilot with BOAC; during his flying career he completed 788 crossings of the Atlantic. Tempest joined the RAFs Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) – part of the Pathfinders - in the summer of 1944 as part of No 139 Squadron, operating the Mosquito. His first operation was to bomb Berlin on October 30, the first of numerous sorties to the Big City. In addition to |
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Bell, Colin | | Upon qualifying as a Pilot on Mosquitos he joined the Path Finder Force where he served with 608 and 162 Squadrons as part of part of the Light Night Strike Force. By the end of the war he had completed a total of 50 Operations including 13 trips to Berlin. |
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Dunn, George | | Flight Lieutenant George Dunn DFC (deceased) |
| A Pilot, he flew 30 operations in Halifaxes and then 14 missions as a Pathfinder to Berlin in Mosquitoes. He passed away on the 29th of April 2024 at age 100. |
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+ Artist : Anthony Saunders | | £145.00 | | | | Promotional Flyer | A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) | none |  | £2.00 | | | | Limited edition of 25 remarques. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (77cm x 61cm) |
Tempest, Ken | | Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest (deceased) |
| Pilot, No.139 Squadron. Kenneth Tempest, who has died aged 93, flew with the RAFs Pathfinder Force as a navigator and later became a pilot with BOAC; during his flying career he completed 788 crossings of the Atlantic. Tempest joined the RAFs Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) – part of the Pathfinders - in the summer of 1944 as part of No 139 Squadron, operating the Mosquito. His first operation was to bomb Berlin on October 30, the first of numerous sorties to the Big City. In addition to |
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Bell, Colin | | Upon qualifying as a Pilot on Mosquitos he joined the Path Finder Force where he served with 608 and 162 Squadrons as part of part of the Light Night Strike Force. By the end of the war he had completed a total of 50 Operations including 13 trips to Berlin. |
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Dunn, George | | Flight Lieutenant George Dunn DFC (deceased) |
| A Pilot, he flew 30 operations in Halifaxes and then 14 missions as a Pathfinder to Berlin in Mosquitoes. He passed away on the 29th of April 2024 at age 100. |
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+ Artist : Anthony Saunders | | £300.00 | | | | Limited edition of 10 double remarques. | Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (77cm x 61cm) |
Tempest, Ken | | Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest (deceased) |
| Pilot, No.139 Squadron. Kenneth Tempest, who has died aged 93, flew with the RAFs Pathfinder Force as a navigator and later became a pilot with BOAC; during his flying career he completed 788 crossings of the Atlantic. Tempest joined the RAFs Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) – part of the Pathfinders - in the summer of 1944 as part of No 139 Squadron, operating the Mosquito. His first operation was to bomb Berlin on October 30, the first of numerous sorties to the Big City. In addition to |
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Bell, Colin | | Upon qualifying as a Pilot on Mosquitos he joined the Path Finder Force where he served with 608 and 162 Squadrons as part of part of the Light Night Strike Force. By the end of the war he had completed a total of 50 Operations including 13 trips to Berlin. |
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Dunn, George | | Flight Lieutenant George Dunn DFC (deceased) |
| A Pilot, he flew 30 operations in Halifaxes and then 14 missions as a Pathfinder to Berlin in Mosquitoes. He passed away on the 29th of April 2024 at age 100. |
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+ Artist : Anthony Saunders | | £475.00 | | |
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