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| Tragedy at the Eder by Ivan Berryman.
Following the successful attack on the Mohne dam on the night of 16th/17th May 1943, three Lancasters of 617 Sqn turned their attention to the Eder, some twelve minutes flying time away, accompanied by Wing Commander Guy Gibson to oversee the next attack. After several aborted attempts to obtain the correct height and direction for their bomb run by Flight Lieutenant Shannon (AJ-L) and Squadron Leader H E Maudslay (AJ-Z), Gibson called in Maudslay to try again. During his second approach, he released his Upkeep bomb too late. It struck the top of the dam wall and bounced back into the air where it exploded right behind Maudslay's aircraft, lighting up the entire valley and causing considerable damage to the aircraft that had dropped it. Despite what must have been crippling damage, AJ-Z did manage to limp away from the scene and begin the return journey, but Maudslay and all his crew were sadly lost when their aircraft was shot down by flak at Emmerich-Klein-Netterdn. The Eder was finally successfully breached by Pilot Officer Les Knight's aircraft, ED912(G), AJ-N, which returned safely.
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| Item Code : B0427 | Tragedy at the Eder by Ivan Berryman. - This Edition | Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.
| Size 11.5 inches x 9 inches (30cm x 23cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | £15 Off! | Now : £35.00 |
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| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £35.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Presentation edition of 5 prints. | Size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm) | Sutherland, Frederick E (clipped) McDonald, Grant S (clipped) Johnson, George L (clipped) + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £135 | | £300.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Dambuster Edition of 100 prints. | Size 11.5 inches x 9 inches (30cm x 23cm) | Johnson, George L + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £30 Off! | Now : £60.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of 10 giclee canvas prints. | Size 18 inches x 13 inches (46cm x 33cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £220.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL ACRYLIC | Original acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman.
SOLD. | Size 13 inches x 9 inches (33cm x 23cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.70 | VIEW EDITION... | SLIGHT BORDER DAMAGE | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.
The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed. | Size 11.5 inches x 9 inches (30cm x 23cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | £35 Off! | Now : £25.00 Better Than Half Price! | VIEW EDITION... |
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The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Lancaster | The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. |
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