| The Dambusters by Graeme Lothian.
The night of the 16th May 1943 saw 19 modified Lancasters of the specially formed 617 squadron set out to breach the Ennepe, Eder, Mohne and Sorpe dams in Westphalia, Germany. The mission was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson. |
| Item Code : DHM1419 | The Dambusters by Graeme Lothian. - This Edition | |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.
| Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £20 Off! | Now : £50.00 |
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Other editions of this item : | The Dambusters by Graeme Lothian. | DHM1419 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £10 Off! | Now : £90.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Johnson Signature Edition of 100 prints (Nos 1 - 100) from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm) | Johnson, George L + Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | | £110.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £500.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL PAINTING | Original painting by Graeme Lothian. | Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £1000 Off! | Now : £2800.00 | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Postcard | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.20 | VIEW EDITION... | SLIGHT BORDER DAMAGE | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.
The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed. | Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £40 Off! | Now : £30.00 Better Than Half Price! | VIEW EDITION... | EX-DISPLAY PRINT | **Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One print reduced to clear)
Ex display prints in near perfect condition with some light damge to border. | Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £40 Off! | Now : £40.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Lancaster | The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. |
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