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Pilot Signed Prints : Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston
Ray Grayston had been serving in 50 Squadron when he was posted to 617 Squadron in March 1943. The flight engineer of Les Knight’s Lancaster AJ-N, they attacked and successfully breached the Eder Dam, Ray was shot down on 16th September 1943, and was taken to Stalag Luft III as a POW.
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| Dambusters by Anthony Saunders. Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germanys mighty western dams - the Eder, on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. After hitting the target with pinpoint precision, pilot Les Knight and Flight Engineer Ray Grayston battle with the controls of Lancaster AJ-N in order to clear the high ground beyond the dam as a torrent of water erupts into the valley below them; the wall of the Eder Dam is rent apart and collapses. Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches (67cm x 50cm). Price £85.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston and Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches (67cm x 50cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston and Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF.
Limited edition of 19 remarques. Paper size 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches (67cm x 50cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston and Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF. ITEM CODE DHM1656 |
| Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hydroelectric dams in Westphalia, on the night of 16/17 May, 1943. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers, manned by 133 aircrew, culminated months of secret training when they made one of the most audacious raids of the war. Flying at tree-top height in darkness, and doing their best to avoid electricity pylons and other obstructions, they navigated their way deep into occupied territory. Their targets were the huge Mohne, Sorpe, Ennepe, and Eder Dams that powered Germanys huge industrial factories in the heartland of the Rhur. Each bomber had to avoid enemy flak and fighters en route, locate their target, descend to precisely 60 feet above the water then, in the face of a barrage of anti-aircraft fire, release their single unique 10,000 lb hydrostatic bomb at exactly the right moment. There was no margin for error, and there was no place for faint hearts. Eight of the crews that left RAF Scampton that night were never to return. Of the fifty-six aircrew on board only two survived. Though nearly half the skilled crews that made up 617 squadron were lost, they recorded one of the most successful and daring air raids of the war- a costly endeavour, but one that has become legend in the annals of aerial warfare. Nicolas Trudgians emotive painting Homeward Bound depicts Dave Shannons Lancaster AJ-L, dodging the searchlights low over the Dutch landscape, as he returns from the Eder Dam following the part he and his crew played in the famous raid on that moonlight night in May, 1943. Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Image size 20 inches x 12 inches (51cm x 31cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Sgt Ray E Grayston and Flt Lt Edward C Johnson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 20 inches x 12 inches (51cm x 31cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Sgt Ray E Grayston and Flt Lt Edward C Johnson, in addition to the artist.
Signed limited edition of 125 Collectors Edition prints. Image size 20 inches x 12 inches (51cm x 31cm). Price £260.00 Signed by Sgt Ray E Grayston, Flt Lt Edward C Johnson, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF, Flying Officer Dave Rodger and Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Image size 20 inches x 12 inches (51cm x 31cm). Price £400.00 Signed by Sgt Ray E Grayston and Flt Lt Edward C Johnson, in addition to the artist. ITEM CODE DHM2263 |
| Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. Dinghy Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Mohne Dam at precisely 60ft, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb – clearly visible against the huge splash created as it hits the water. The mighty Mohne Dam has but moments to live. Limited Edition: Signed Limited Edition of 400 prints. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston and Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM.
Collectors Edition: Artist Proof Edition of 25 prints. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £ Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grants McDonald RCAF, Corporal Beck Parsons and Corporal Kenneth Lucas.
Collectors Edition: Signed Limited Edition of 350 prints. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £ Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grants McDonald RCAF, Corporal Beck Parsons and Corporal Kenneth Lucas.
Remarque Edition. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £
Tribute Edition. Image size 30 inches x 15 inches (76cm x 38cm). Price £ ITEM CODE DHM2599 |
| Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in darkness at tree-top height, with just the light of the moon to guide them, the specially selected crews made a surprise attack on the mighty hydro-electric dams in the Ruhr. Flying specially modified aircraft, each Lancaster was equipped with the unique cylindrical hydro-statically detonated bomb as conceived by Barnes Wallis. This huge device when released from the aircraft flying at exactly 230mph and at the precise height of 60 ft spun onto the surface of the water. To achieve the critical height above the water at moment of release, two beams of light, from front and aft, were projected from the aircraft on to the surface of the water, creating a neat figure-of-eight on the surface below. As each bomb bounced across the water towards its target, it struck the dam wall, sank to the pre-set depth, and exploded. The results were devastating. Led by the mercurial Squadron Leader Guy Gibson, ignoring furious defensive gunfire while flying perilously close to the water, each crew made their precision run at the target, released their deadly bomb, and those lucky enough to survive the barrage of tracer shells and anti-aircraft fire, escaped into the darkness. Not all of them did. In the space of those few, highly charged minutes, the Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron wrote their names into history. Sixty-four years on, the memory of their exploits and the courage displayed by the crews on that historic raid, together with the genius of Bames Wallis, remain undimmed. Gerald Coulsons painting shows a single Lancaster of 617 Squadron, one of the lucky ones having made it safely back to base, proudly standing alone as if in tribute to those that didnt return. Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Image size 20.5 inches x 12.5 inches (52cm x 32cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM and Corporal Kenneth Lucas.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 20.5 inches x 12.5 inches (52cm x 32cm). Price £195.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Corporal Kenneth Lucas and Captain Richard Todd OBE. ITEM CODE DHM2641 |
| Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. The Mohne Dam gives way as David Maltbys Lancaster releases its bomb to deliver the coup de grace on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. Guy Gibsom, nearest, and Mick Martin, having already dropped their bombs, make dummy runs with lights on to draw enemy fire. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 22 inches (84cm x 56cm). Price £ Signed by Flight Lieutenant George Chalmers DFC DFM, Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Flight Lieutenant Edward Johnson and Sergeant Douglas E Webb.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 22 inches (84cm x 56cm). Price £400.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant George Chalmers DFC DFM, Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Flight Lieutenant Edward Johnson and Sergeant Douglas E Webb.
Limited edition of 75 publisher proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 22 inches (84cm x 56cm). Price £380.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant George Chalmers DFC DFM, Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Flight Lieutenant Edward Johnson and Sergeant Douglas E Webb.
Signed limited edition of 50 edition prints. Paper size 33 inches x 22 inches (84cm x 56cm). Price £ Signed by Squadron Leader Ken Brown CGM RCAF, Flight Lieutenant George Chalmers DFC DFM, Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Sergeant Dudley P Heal, Flight Lieutenant Edward Johnson, Flight Lieutenant Joe C McCarthy, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF, Wing Commander Danny R Walker and Sergeant Douglas E Webb. ITEM CODE DHM2693 |
| Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely visible in the valley below. Immediately following the successful breach of the Mohne Dam, Gibson had led his remaining aircraft 50 miles to the south-east to hit their second target, the Eder Dam. Surrounded by high ground with thousand feet ridges, the Eder was altogether a more testing target. The Lancaster pilots would need to dive steeply into the gorge that formed the Eder lake before undertaking a steep turn towards the Dam itself. As if this were not demanding enough in the darkness of night, they then had to fly towards the target at precisely 60ft above the lake at the exact speed of 230mph, before releasing their Barnes Wallace designed hydrostatic bouncing bombs. Pilots Shannon and Maudsley tried time and again to position their laden bombers correctly before managing to release their weapons – but the dam still held. Now success depended solely on Knight carrying the last bomb! With time and fuel now a concern, Knights first effort to position, like Shannon and Maudsley before him, failed, but his second run favoured the brave. Knight released his bomb with absolute precision, striking the wall at precisely the crucial point. With a tremendous explosion the Eder Dam collapsed before their eyes. Robert Taylors sensational new painting vividly shows the dramatic moment of impact. In the cockpit Knight and flight engineer Ray Grayston fight the controls to clear the dam, combining their physical strength to haul the lumbering Lancaster up and over the dam and to clear the high ground that lies ahead. Below and behind them, the second of Germanys mighty western dams lies finally breached. Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 36.5 inches x 22 inches (92cm x 56cm) Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 36cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston and Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM.
Limited edition of 25 Collectors Edition artist proofs. Paper size 36.5 inches x 22 inches (92cm x 56cm) Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 36cm). Price £395.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF and Corporal Kenneth Lucas.
Collectors edition of 350 prints. Paper size 36.5 inches x 22 inches (92cm x 56cm) Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 36cm). Price £275.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF and Corporal Kenneth Lucas.
Tribute edition of 19 prints. Paper size 36.5 inches x 22 inches (92cm x 56cm) Image size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 36cm). Price £1895.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF, Corporal Kenneth Lucas, Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB CB DSO* AFC RAAF, Squadron Leader David J Shannon DSO* DFC* RAAF and Flight Lieutenant George Chalmers DFC DFM.
Limited edition of 25 Giclee Canvas Proofs Size 30.5 inches x 17 inches (77cm x 43cm). Price £995.00 Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston, Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM, Squadron Leader Les Munro DSO DFC RNZAF, Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF, Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF and Corporal Kenneth Lucas. ITEM CODE DHM2708 |
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