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In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destroy the great dams that were vital to the industries of the Ruhr and, to do so, they would use a radical new weapon designed by Barnes Wallis - a <i>bouncing bomb</i> that would <i>skip</i> across the water before detonating against the dam wall. On the night of 16th May, after seven weeks of intensive low level training, nineteen crews flew their Lancaster bombers from RAF Scampton to carry out what became one of the most legendary missions of all time. The result was the destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams. Robert Taylor's outstanding painting depicts a moment at the height of the successful attack on the Möhne Dam, the first of three primary targets that night, as 'Dinghy' Young powers Lancaster AJ-A over the wall of the dam just after releasing his bouncing bomb. Commanding Officer Guy Gibson, flying high with lights on to draw enemy flak, noted that Young's bomb made 'three good bounces' before successfully detonating against the dam wall to trigger its collapse. David Maltby in AJ-J will shortly deliver the final, decisive blow.

The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. The words from Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane., newly appointed as AOC of No.5 Group, to the young Wing Commander were simple enough. <i>I can't tell you the target</i> he continued <i>but you've got to fly low-level, on the deck, and at night. As far as aircrews are concerned, I want the best - you choose them. And by the way... I want to see your aircraft flying on four days</i>. Guy Gibson, the highly decorated Wing Commander concerned, had 173 operations behind him and was due to be rested when the unexpected call to see Cochrane had come. <i> Would you like to do one more trip?</i> he'd been asked. <i>What kind of trip?</i> he replied. <i>An important one</i> was all Cochrane would say and now, two days later, he was being asked to form a squadron. What the special target might be Gibson could only speculate but, whatever it was, he realised it would be dangerous. Cochrane had given him four days. Within an hour he'd selected the aircrew; he knew most of them personally and had flown with several before. There was no doubt they were the very best in Bomber Command. Exactly four days later Squadron X - soon to become 617 Squadron - was ready at RAF Scampton. Many familiar faces were there to meet him : amongst the pilots he spotted Hoppy Hopgood, Dave Shannon from Australia, and Canadian Lewis Burpee from his own 106 Squadron. together with Dinghy Young whom he'd chosen as a flight commander. The tall, lugubrious figure of New Zealander Les Munro was there along with two other pilots from 97 Squadron, David Maltby and the big, beefy, American pilot Joe McCarthy with his Bomb-Aimer George Johnny Johnson. His B flight commander, Henry Maudsley was there, as was Australian Mick Martin, the expert in low-level flying. Every one of the nineteen crews who would fly the mission was there and seven weeks of intensive low-level flying lay ahead before, on the afternoon of 16th May 1943, Gibson finally revealed the target - that night they were to attack the mighty dams of the Ruhr valley.

Pathway to the Ruhr by Anthony Saunders. RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the rumour on the grapevine suggested it might be the Tirpitz they were after. But then, late in the afternoon of 16 May 1943 came the call over the station tannoy that they had all been waiting for: 'All crews of 617 Squadron to report to the briefing room - immediately.' The buzz of excited conversation dropped into silence as Gibson addressed them, and the secret was shared: their small force was about to attack the major dams of western Germany. It was what they had been waiting for and they would go that night. Final Briefing is the first in Anthony Saunders' pair of prints to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Dambuster Raid and depicts the moment at dispersal as Guy Gibson readies his crew to climb inside their waiting Lancaster - AJ-G 'George'. A red flare will soon curl skywards, burning brightly against the sun's fast-fading rays; it is the signal to start engines and at 21.39 G-George will get airborne, leading the first wave of three aircraft. For the crews of 617 Squadron the weeks of intensive training were now over - Operation Chastise was underway.

Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.Operation Chastise, the plan to destroy the mighty Ruhr dams, was bold, audacious and dangerous. It was also set to become one of the most legendary combat missions ever undertaken in the history of aviation warfare. In late February 1943 a unique decision was taken by the RAF to form the now legendary 617 Squadron, a highly specialised unit within Bomber Command. Its task was to be the destruction of the huge Möhne, Sorpe and Eder dams, which provided vital services to German industry. Tasked with providing the crews for this new squadron was the young, outstanding, bomber and night-fighter pilot Wing Commander Guy Gibson, already a veteran of 174 bomber operations. On 21st March 1943 the unit was formed at RAF Scampton under his command, and the chosen men had just eight weeks to prepare for the task in hand.

Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders.

Items Signed by Corporal Maureen Stevens (deceased)

A Radio Operator in the tower at RAF Scampton, she was on duty on the night of 16th-17th May 1943, where she talked home the survivors of the famous Dambusters raid. She died in 2017. ......
Clipped Signature - Maureen Stevens.
Price : £15.00		 A Radio Operator in the tower at RAF Scampton, she was on duty on the night of 16th-17th May 1943, where she talked home the survivors of the famous Dambusters raid. She died in 2017. ......

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Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders.
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Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders. (AP)
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Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders. (B)
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Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders. (RM)
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RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......
Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.
Price : £95.00		 RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......

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RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......
Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders. (AP)
Price : £140.00		 RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......

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RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......
Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders. (RM)
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Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders. (RMB)
Price : £475.00		 RAF Scampton: 16 May 1943 20.55 hrs. Everyone at Scampton suspected that something big was about to happen. The crews of the recently formed 617 Squadron, hand-picked by their CO Wing Commander Guy Gibson, had been training hard for weeks and the ......

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The words from Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane., newly appointed as AOC of No.5 Group, to the young Wing Commander were simple enough. <i>I can't tell you the target</i> he continued <i>but you've got to fly low-level, on the deck,......
Pathway to the Ruhr by Anthony Saunders.
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Pathway to the Ruhr by Anthony Saunders. (AP)
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The words from Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane., newly appointed as AOC of No.5 Group, to the young Wing Commander were simple enough. <i>I can't tell you the target</i> he continued <i>but you've got to fly low-level, on the deck,......
Pathway to the Ruhr by Anthony Saunders. (RM)
Price : £300.00		 The words from Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane., newly appointed as AOC of No.5 Group, to the young Wing Commander were simple enough. I can't tell you the target he continued but you've got to fly low-level, on the deck,......

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The words from Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. Ralph Cochrane., newly appointed as AOC of No.5 Group, to the young Wing Commander were simple enough. <i>I can't tell you the target</i> he continued <i>but you've got to fly low-level, on the deck,......
Pathway to the Ruhr by Anthony Saunders. (RMB)
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In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr......
The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor.
Price : £215.00		 In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr......

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In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr......
The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. (AP)
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Lancaster AJ-T of No.617 Sqn being towed by tractor to its dispersal slot by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......
Tractor Girl by David Pentland. (P)
Price : £400.00		 Lancaster AJ-T of No.617 Sqn being towed by tractor to its dispersal slot by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......

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Lancaster of 617 Sqn refueling at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......
Topping Up by David Pentland. (P)
Price : £400.00		 Lancaster of 617 Sqn refueling at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......

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RAF Scampton, 16th May 1943. Ground crew deliver the top secret bouncing bombs to the Lancasters of 617 Squadron in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......
The Secret Weapon by David Pentland. (P)
Price : £490.00		 RAF Scampton, 16th May 1943. Ground crew deliver the top secret bouncing bombs to the Lancasters of 617 Squadron in preparation for Operation Chastise. ......

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Dambusters Aviation Print Pack.
Pack Price : £600.00
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Third Time Lucky by Ivan Berryman.
The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. (C)
Tragedy at the Eder by Ivan Berryman.
Dambusters - Moment of Truth by Ivan Berryman.
Dambusters - The First Wave by Ivan Berryman.
The Eder Breaks by Ivan Berryman.
'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman.
The One That Broke The Dam by Ivan Berryman.
Operation Chastise - The Night They Broke the Dams by Ivan Berryman.
No Way Back by Ivan Berryman.
Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.
The Breach by Anthony Saunders.

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Dambuster Lancaster Art Print Pack.
Pack Price : £180.00
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Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.
'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman.
Dambusters - The First Wave by Ivan Berryman. (AP)

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617 Squadron Lancaster Bomber Aviation Art.
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Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.
'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman.
Raining Fire by Ivan Berryman.
Operation Chastise - The Night They Broke the Dams by Ivan Berryman.

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617 Squadron Dambusters Aviation Art.
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The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. (C)
'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman.
Final Briefing by Anthony Saunders.