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J D Philips
| Warrant Officer J D Phillips (deceased) Having qualified as a Flight engineer, he was one of the first crews to join 617 Sqn following the Dams raids and completed operations against the mighty Tirpitz Battle Ship. He died in April 2014. |
Items Signed by Warrant Officer J D Phillips (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Des Phillips. Price : £30.00 | A Flight Engineer in the Royal Air Force, he was in one of the first crews to join the famous No.617 Sqn immediately after the Dambuster Raid. He flew operations against the German battleship Tirpitz with the squadron. He died in 2014. ...... | |
| Target Bearing 270 by Robert Taylor (B) SOLD OUT | At sunrise on 12 November, 1944, led by Wing Commander James Tait, Lancasters of 617 Squadron RAF prepare to make their bombing run on the German battleship Tirpitz, lying in the Norwegian fjord at Tromso....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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. ...... | |
| Topping Up by David Pentland. (P) Price : £400.00 | Lancaster of 617 Sqn refueling at Scampton, May 1943, 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. ...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Warrant Officer J D Phillips (deceased) |
| Dambusters Print Pack. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £385 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Topping Up by David Pentland. (P) Tragedy at the Eder by Ivan Berryman. 'O' Safe Home by Ivan Berryman. The One That Broke The Dam by Ivan Berryman. No Way Back by Ivan Berryman. |
Squadrons for : Warrant Officer J D Phillips | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Warrant Officer J D Phillips. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : UK Founded : 23rd March 1943 Apres mois, le deluge - After me, the flood | No.617 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. |
Aircraft for : Warrant Officer J D Phillips | |||
A list of all aircraft associated with Warrant Officer J D Phillips. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
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Manufacturer : Avro Production Began : 1942 Retired : 1963 Number Built : 7377 | 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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