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Spirit of 617 Squadron by Michael Turner. - Cranston Military Prints

Spirit of 617 Squadron by Michael Turner.


Spirit of 617 Squadron by Michael Turner.

A Tornado follows a Lancaster over the Derwentwater Dam.
Item Code : GT0072Spirit of 617 Squadron by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
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Open edition print. Paper size 20 inches x 17 inches (52cm x 43cm)none£36.00

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Bill Townsend's Lancaster O for Orange, returns safely on the morning of 17th May 1943 after the success of the daring raids on the dams of the Ruhr Valley.

'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman. 		In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destroy the great dams that were vital to the industries of the Ruhr and, to do so, they would use a radical new weapon designed by Barnes Wallis - a <i>bouncing bomb</i> that would <i>skip</i> across the water before detonating against the dam wall. On the night of 16th May, after seven weeks of intensive low level training, nineteen crews flew their Lancaster bombers from RAF Scampton to carry out what became one of the most legendary missions of all time. The result was the destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams. Robert Taylor's outstanding painting depicts a moment at the height of the successful attack on the Möhne Dam, the first of three primary targets that night, as 'Dinghy' Young powers Lancaster AJ-A over the wall of the dam just after releasing his bouncing bomb. Commanding Officer Guy Gibson, flying high with lights on to draw enemy flak, noted that Young's bomb made 'three good bounces' before successfully detonating against the dam wall to trigger its collapse. David Maltby in AJ-J will shortly deliver the final, decisive blow.

The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. 		Lancasters of 617 Sqn <i>Dambusters</i> get airborne from their Scampton base at the start of their journey to the Ruhr Valley on the night of 16th May 1943 under the codename <i>Operation Chastise</i>. These are aircraft of the First Wave, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the Second Wave having already departed some ten minutes earlier to negotiate a more northerly route to their targets. On this momentous night, both the Möhne and Eder dams were successfully breached, whilst the Sorpe was also hit, but without serious damage. Of the nineteen aircraft that took part in the mission, eleven returned safely.

The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. 		Flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain with No.616 Sqn, completing his tour with No.92 Sqn. For his second tour, he flew Lancasters with the famed No.617 Sqn, flying on all three raids against the German battleship Tirpitz. He died in 2013.

Clipped Signature - Tony Iveson.
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