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Anthony Saunders -  DAMBUSTERS PORTFOLIO

Dambusters

A pair of Limited Edition prints to commemorate the most audacious and daring bombing raids by RAF aircrews during WWII

"With one single blow the RAF has precipitated what may prove to be the greatest industrial disaster yet inflicted on Germany in this war. A force of Lancasters, loaded with mines and with crews specially trained for the task, early yesterday morning attacked and destroyed the great dams on the Mohne and Sorpe rivers, tributaries of the Ruhr, and also the dam on the Eder river. Today walls of water sweeping down the Ruhr and Eder valleys are carrying everything before them"
The Daily Telegraph, London Tuesday 18 May 1943

Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germany's mighty western dams, the Eder, on the night of the 16/17th 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.

En-route

Flying at altitudes as low as fifty feet, Lancasters of 617 Squadron follow the Dutch canals en-route to Germany - their target, the mighty Dams of the Ruhr - on the night of the 16 / 17 May 1943. At such low level the pilots of many of the specially modified Lancasters found their flying skills tested to the extreme as they were forced to take violent evasive actions when they encountered flak, large electricity pylons and tall trees, but several of the gunners in the crews still managed to shoot up and damage a number of trains on the way.

Dambusters - The Signatories

All Editions are signed by two of the crew who breached the Eder Dam:
Flight Sergeant RAY GRAYSTON RAF
Flight Sergeant FRED SUTHERLAND RCAF

En-route - The Signatories

All Editions are signed by two Dambuster veterans:
Squadron Leader GEORGE JOHNSON DFM, RAF
Flight Sergeant GRANT S. McDONALD RCAF

Artist Proofs and Remarques - please call for availability.

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