AN OUTSTANDING NEW DAMBUSTERS PORTFOLIO

EN-ROUTE by Anthony Saunders

Lancasters of 617 Squadron follow the Dutch canals en-route to the mighty Dams of the Ruhr.

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DAMBUSTERS by Anthony Saunders

Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germany's mighty western dams - the Eder. Each of these outstanding prints is personally signed by original Dambusters.

THE REMARQUES
Just NINETEEN remarques will be issued, representing each aircraft that took part in the raid and each original pencil remarque will depict the corresponding aircraft in the order that they flew in the attack - for example Guy Gibson was crew number one, John Hopgood crew two etc. The aircraft and pilots on the raid in numerical order were as follows:

THE FIRST WAVE
1. AJ-G "George" – Wg Cdr GUY GIBSON
2. AJ-M "Mother" - Fl Lt JOHN HOPGOOD
3. AJ-P "Popsie" – Flt Lt 'MICK' MARTIN
4. AJ-A "Apple" – Sqn Ldr 'DINGHY' YOUNG
5. AJ-J "Johnny" – Flt Lt DAVID MALTBY
6. AJ-Z "Zebra" – Sqn Ldr HENRY MAUDSLAY
7. AJ-L "Leather" – Flt Lt DAVID SHANNON
8. AJ-B "Baker" – Flt Lt BILL ASTELL
9. AJ-N "Nut" – P.O LES KNIGHT

THE SECOND WAVE
10. AJ-T "Tommy" – Flt Lt JOE McCARTHY
11. AJ-E "Easy" – Flt Lt ROBERT BARLOW
12. AJ-W "Willie" – Flt Lt LES MUNRO
13. AJ-K "King" – P.O VERNON BYERS
14. AJ-H "Harry" – P.O GEOFFREY RICE

THE THIRD WAVE
15. AJ-C "Charlie" – P.O WARNER OTTLEY
16. AJ-S "Sugar" – P.O LEWIS BURPEE
17. AJ-F "Freddie" – Flt Sgt KEN BROWN
18. AJ-O "Orange" – Flt Sgt BILL TOWNSEND
19. AJ-Y "York" – Flt Sgt CYRIL ANDERSON

It is possible to order a specific number, corresponding to a particular crew on the raid however demand will obviously be high, so please contact us immediately for availability.

These new releases are outstanding and with only five Dambusters aircrew surviving today, spread literally across the globe, their autographs are becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain.

BOTH OF THESE NEW PRINTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT OUR EVENT THIS WEEKEND AND IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THE SIGNATURES OF OUR SPECIAL GUESTS AT NO EXTRA CHARGE.

OUTSTANDING NEW RELEASE

ARCTIC HUNTERS by Richard Taylor

Without doubt Richards work improves with every release and we believe this new edition is his best so far, proving that he is well on the way to becoming a superbly accomplished artist. His pencil work is quite simply the best in the industry and his original remarques, uniquely completed in pencil and highlighted with white acrylic paint, are nothing short of breathtaking.


ORDER WITH CONFIDENCE
we’re so confident about how superb Richard’s remarques are, that we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is. So order a remarque in any of Richard’s editions and if you are not as impressed as we are return it to us (in the same condition of course) for a full refund – we can’t say fairer than that!

THE ACES HIGH SPRING PARTY

THE DAMBUSTERS & 617 SQN SIGNING EVENT – 10th & 11th MAY

AFTER THE SUCCESS OF OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT LAST NOVEMBER, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR ANOTHER PARTY SO TO COMMEMORATE THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAMBUSTERS RAID WE WILL BE JOINED BY SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS:


Sqn Ldr LES MUNRO DSO DFC RNZAF - the last surviving Pilot, who is flying in from New Zealand. One of three flight commanders on the raid he flew Lancaster AJ-W assigned to attack the Sorpe but had to abort his attack after being hit by flack.

Sgt RAYMOND GRAYSTON - Flight Engineer on Lancaster AJ-N, piloted by Les Knight, the aircraft that succesfully breached the Eder Dam. Ray was shot down on a raid in September 1943 and taken PoW.

Sqn Ldr GEORGE JOHNSON DFM - the Bomb Aimer on Lancaster AJ-T, piloted by American Joe McCarthy. After ten attempted bombing runs into the Sorpe, George released his bomb to score a direct hit on the earth dam.

Cpl KEN LUCAS - transferred to 617 Sqn on its formation as a member of the unit's ground crew. Ken was heavily involved in carrying out the modifications to the aircraft right up to the night of the raid.

Sqn Ldr BENNY GOODMAN - flying Stirlings and Lancasters with 617 Sqn he completed a full tour of 30 ‘ops including missions over Germany, Holland and France as well as taking part in the Tirpitz Raids.

Flt Sgt KEN JENKINSON – initially on Lancasters with 57 Sqn, as Radio Operator to pilot Ian Ross, he remained with the crew when they joined 617 Sqn and their aircraft crash landed in Russia after the first raid on the Tirpitz.

F.O BASIL FISH – flew as a Navigator on Wellingtons and Stirlings before joining 617 Squadron. Completing a total of 24 ‘ops he flew on the Tirpitz raids, but was hospitalised after being forced to crash land when returning from a raid in East Germany

Wg Cdr JOHN BELL DFC MBE – after initially training as a Navigator he went on to complete most of his 50 ‘ops in Lancasters as a Bomb Aimer with 617 Sqn, including all the raids against the Tirpitz.


Entry to the event is FREE but STRICTLY by ticket only. Our guests are happy to sign items for customers and purchases of £40 or more can be signed free of charge - all other items will be subject to a signing fee.

THIS PROMISES TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT SO WE WILL BE DELIGHTED IF YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A GLASS OF PIMMS AND VIEW SOME OF THE WORLD’S FINEST AVIATION ART IN THE COMPANY OF SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS. BOOKINGS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN AND TICKETS ARE ALREADY GOING FAST, SO PLEASE CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GUARANTEE YOUR PLACE.