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Pack 527. Pack of two Dambuster aviation prints by Gerald Coulson and Ivan Berryman.
PCK0527. Pack of two RAF 617 Sqn prints by Gerald Coulson and Ivan Berryman. depicting the Lancaster bombers involved in the Dambusters Raid.Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM2641. 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 didn't return. Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston (deceased), Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM and Corporal Kenneth Lucas (deceased). Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Image size 20.5 inches x 12.5 inches (52cm x 32cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM1482AP. Third Time Lucky by Ivan Berryman. Standing his aircraft at the height of just 60 feet above the waters of the Mohne, Flt Lt Maltby braves a hail of anti-aircraft fire just seconds before the release of the bouncing bomb that would at last breach the dam on that historic night of the 16th/17th May 1943. Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)
Website Price: £ 200.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £345.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £145
All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling
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