PRECISION STRIKE - NEW Book & Print Portfolio by Robert Taylor
Introducing the latest publication from The Robert Taylor Trust and The Military Gallery – fully endorsed and signed by Robert Taylor in his lifetime!
PRECISION STRIKE
- BOOK & PRINT PORTFOLIO -
As a lasting memorial to all those involved in the planning, preparation, and execution of Operation Chastise, the late Robert Taylor has left behind one of his favourite drawings!
Rightly regarded as the world’s premier aviation artist, Robert depicts the scene at the Möhne Dam shortly after midnight when, with three previous strikes having failed to breach the wall, it’s the turn of Dinghy Young. At the controls of Lancaster AJ-A ‘Apple’, Young powers his aircraft over the dam wall with his Upkeep ‘bouncing bomb’ seconds away from a successful detonation. Now fatally weakened, one final strike by David Maltby will soon see the great dam wall crack apart.
Completed by Robert back in 2018, his drawing was faithfully reproduced as a fine art limited edition print under his direct supervision through his exclusive publisher, The Military Gallery based in Great Britain. Every copy is issued signed by Robert and embossed with the logo of The Robert Taylor Trust, a body established to preserve Robert’s legacy and safeguard the future copyright of his work in years to come.
Restricted to just NINETEEN copies worldwide to represent the nineteen Lancaster crews who took part in the raids, each print is issued mounted to full conservation standards to include museum-quality reproduction RAF brevet badge. Creating a historic collector’s piece, also included in the matting are the original autographs of TWENTY famous veterans who were all directly involved in the planning, preparation and execution of the raids!
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But that’s not all! Completing each portfolio is a matching-numbered copy of the book CHASTISE: THE DAMBUSTERS STORY 1943 by bestselling author and critically acclaimed historian Max Hastings.
This gripping account story covers the invention of Barnes Wallis’ bouncing bomb through to the moonlit cockpits on the night of the raid itself and includes an exclusive bookplate signed by one of the young pilots who flew that fateful night.
**Only 19 copies are available worldwide through RTs publisher so CONTACT US today to claim this exclusive portfolio!**
