| Robert Taylor - Signed Limited Edition Prints | | Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Portfolio) |  | | Operation Chastise was the code name given to one of the most audacious air raids of World War II - on the night of 16/17 May 1943, nineteen Lancasters with 133 men of the specially formed 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton to attack the Mohne, Sorpe, Ennepe and Eder dams at the heart of the Ruhr - this commemorative print captures the moment the Dambusters breached the Mohne dam | Individually hand signed by George A Chalmers, Raymond E Grayston, Dudley P Heal, Edward C Johnson, George L Johnson, Ken Brown, Joe McCarthy, Grant S McDonald, Stefan Oancia, David Rodger, Frederick E Sutherland, Daniel R Walker | | 32 1/4" x 23 1/2" | | 50 EDITION WORLDWIDE | Comes complete with two companion prints:
Green On - Go! depicting Lancasters of 617 Squadron at RAF Scampton on the evening of 16 May 1963 - individually hand signed by Norman 'Spud' Booker
Last Moments of the Mohne Dam (pencil drawing) depicting the final Lancaster passing over the dam moments before it burst - individually hand signed by Harold 'Mick' Martin (in mount) and Tammy Simpson |
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