| Dambusters - The First Wave by Ivan Berryman. (AP)
En route to the dams of the Ruhr Valley, the first wave of three specially adapted Avro Lancasters roar across the Dutch wetlands on the night of 16 -17th May 1943 led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, their mission to breach the Mohne and Eder dams, thus robbing the German war machine of valuable hydro-electric power and disrupting the water supply to the entire area. Carrying their unique, Barnes Wallis designed 'Bouncing Bomb' and flying at just 30m above the ground to avoid radar detection, 617 Squadron's Lancasters forged their way into the enemy territories, following the canals of the Netherlands and flying through forest fire traps below treetop height to their targets. Gibson's aircraft ('G'-George) is nearest with 'M'-Mother of Fl/Lt Hopgood off his port wing and 'P'-Peter (Popsie) of Fl/Lt Martin in the distance. |
| Item Code : DHM1938AP | Dambusters - The First Wave by Ivan Berryman. (AP) - This Edition | Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.
| Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Johnson, George L + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £40 Off! | Now : £110.00 |
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Other editions of this item : | Dambusters - The First Wave by Ivan Berryman. | DHM1938 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £70.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Presentation edition of 5 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £300.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | George Johnson signature edition of 300 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Johnson, George L + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £40 Off! | Now : £120.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 36 inches x 26 inches (91cm x 66cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £500.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL PAINTING | Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman.
SOLD (September 2010) | Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 100 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.70 | 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 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | £55 Off! | Now : £45.00 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. | Image size 17 inches x 11 inches (43cm x 28cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £40.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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Signatures on this item | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | Name | Info |
Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM (deceased) *Signature Value : £45
| Joining the RAF in 1940, George Johnson served with 97 Squadron before joining 617 Squadron. Bomb aimer on American Joe McCarthys Lancaster AJ-T, they attacked the Sorpe Dam, for which he was awarded the DFM. Commissioned a few months later, George retired from the RAF in 1962. The last surviving Dambuster, he died aged 101 on 7th December 2022. |
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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