Aviation artist Simon Smith's
superb collection of aviation art prints of the Avro Lancaster. Some of
these aviation art prints by Simon Smith are nearly sold out but are in stock
for immediate dispatch by aviationartprints.com. subsidiary of Cranston
Fine Arts, the aviation art print specialist.
Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith.
Item Code : DHM0290
Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. - Editions Available
On the night of 16/17th May 1943,under a full moon, 19 specially modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron carried out one of the most daring and effective air raids of the Second World War. Led by wing commander Guy Gibson the 19 aircraft took off and headed for Germany at extreme low level.. Their mission, code named Operation Chastise, was to destroy the Ruhr dams which supplied water and electricity to the industrial heart of Reich. Each aircraft carried the ingenious Upkeep mine, developed by the engineer Barnes Wallis. Shaped like a large oil drum, the bomb was spun prior to release at exactly 60ft above the water and 150 yards from the dam wall. This caused the weapon to bounce across water and on impact would also make it stay close to the wall of the dam as it sank. The bomb, technically a mine, was fitted with a hydrostatic fuse similar to a depth charge causing detonation at the required depth.The correct height above the water was achieved by aligning the beams of two s.........
Depicting the morning after a gruelling operation during the autumn of 1944. As day breaks a returning crew awaits the crew bus at their aircraft dispersal, grouped before their mighty bomber which shows fresh scars of battle from an arduous mission over occupied Europe. The exhausted men are clearly relieved and thankful to be safely home at their in Lincolnshire base.
Item Code : DHM2210
Mission Completed by Simon Smith. - Editions Available
On the night of 16th / 17th May 1943, Lancasters of 617 Squadron under the command of Wing Commander Guy Gibson attacked the hydroelectric dams of the Ruhr. Five of the aircraft that successfully attacked and breached the Mohne flew onto the Eder, only three with the Upkeep bombs still on board. Whilst there was no flak, the approach, over difficult terrain, was hazardous and a tremendous test of skills of the crews involved. Pilot Officer Les Knights aircraft, AFN, can be seen having just dropped the last of the groups bombs, which actually breached the dam, and is climbing steeply to avoid the hill behind the dam.
Item Code : DHM2407
Breaching the Eder by Simon Smith. - Editions Available
Mission Completed by Simon Smith Depicting the morning after a gruelling operation during the autumn
of 1944. As day breaks a returning crew awaits the crew bus at their
aircraft dispersal, grouped before their mighty bomber which shows fresh
scars of battle from an arduous mission over occupied Europe. The
exhausted men are clearly relieved and thankful to be safely home at
their in Lincolnshire base.
This website is owned by
Cranston Fine Arts. Torwood House, Torwoodhill Road, Rhu,
Helensburgh, Scotland, G848LE
(matted)
