617 Squadron Bookplate No.2

This bookplate is available to be issued in your copy of our artists' books and will be accompanied by a special edition Aces High slipcase.

It has been personally hand-signed by Pilots and Aircrew who flew with the famous 617 Squadron during WWII:

Squadron Leader TONY IVESON DFC AE
Pilot on over 27 Ops with the squadron including three against the Tirpitz

Warrant Officer FRANK TILLEY 
Flight Engineer on all of the squadron’s raids against the Tirpitz

Air Commodore JOHN LANGSTON CBE
Navigator on 42 Ops including the viaduct bombing raids on Armsberg and Bielefeld

Squadron Leader BENNY GOODMAN
Pilot on over 30 Ops including raids on Brest, the Tirpitz and Berchtesgaden

Wing Commander JOHN BELL MBE DFC
Bomb-Aimer on 50 Ops including raids against the Tirpitz and Operation Taxable

Squadron Leader GEORGE ‘JOHNNY’ JOHNSON DFM
Bomb Aimer on Lancaster AJ-T during the Dambusters Raid, attacked the Sorpe Dam

Flight Sergeant CHARLES AVEY 
Mid-Upper Gunner on the squadron’s last 11 raids of the war including Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

Flying Officer BASIL FISH
Navigator on 24 Ops including raids on the Tirpitz and the Kembs and Urft dams

Squadron Leader LES MUNRO DSO DFC RNZAF
Pilot of Lancaster AJ-W during the Dambuster Raid, assigned to attack the Sorpe Dam

Sergeant RAY GRAYSTON
Flight Engineer on Lancaster AJ-N during the Dambusters Raid, breached the Eder Dam

Flight Lieutenant KEN TRENT DFC*
Pilot on over 40 Ops which included carrying the ‘Tallboy’ bomb to Berchtesgaden

Flight Lieutenant RON SMITH DFC AE
Air Gunner on significant raids such as Brest, Lorient, Saurnar Tunnel and Berlin