DAMBUSTERS - LAST MOMENTS OF THE MÖHNE DAM

by Robert Taylor

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Limited edition 350 $325.00
Collectors edition 275 $375.00
Collectors artist proofs 25 $525.00
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On the night of 16/17 May 1943 an elite force of nineteen Lancaster bombers undertook what was to become one of the most daring and ingenious air raids in history. Flying from RAF Scampton, their mission – code named Operation Chastise - was to breach the mighty hydroelectric dams of the Ruhr, the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe – a task which Arthur Harris had earlier described as impossible But cracking open the mighty dams would require exceptional flying skills; and so, on 21 March 1943, a new squadron was formed specifically for the task, the only time this ever happened in Bomber Command.

Known as 617 Squadron and led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, it was not only the squadron that was unique, so was the weapon they would be using – Upkeep – a cylindrical, hydrostatic ‘bouncing’ bomb. The brainchild of Barnes Wallis, Upkeep was designed to skip across the surface of the water, sink against the dam’s massive wall, and explode with enormous force at a precise depth.

In Robert Taylor’s sensational painting, Guy Gibson and Mick Martin draw the enemy’s fire as ‘Dinghy’ Young clears the parapet of the Möhne dam seconds after releasing his bomb. A few moments later Young’s bomb will successfully detonate against the dam leaving it mortally wounded allowing David Maltby in AJ-J to finish the task. With the Möhne Dam breached Gibson, with the remaining crews, will turn south to repeat the operation at the Eder Dam.

Planned and created some years ago the prints were personally signed by all of the Dambusters veterans that were alive at that time in preparation for the 70th Anniversary. Sadly some have since passed away giving even greater meaning to this historic edition, allowing collectors a rare opportunity to acquire a new release carrying such iconic signatures:

The Limited Edition

Along with the artist Robert Taylor, every print in each edition is personally signed by the following THREE veterans of the Dambuster Raid:

  • Squadron Leader George Johnson MBE DFM
  • Corporal Ken Lucas
  • Sergeant Fred Sutherland

The Collectors Edition & Remarques

Each print in these FIVE signature editions are also signed by:

  • Flight Sergeant Grant McDonald
  • Squadron Leader Les Munro CNZM DSO QSO DFC
Media:
Lithograph
Size:
28 x 27 inches
Release Date:
5/2013

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