"Operation 'Chastise' - The Dambusters Raid"

by Barry Price

Published as a Single International Edition Limited to 850 copies.

Signed by the artist and numbered.

Colour Plate Size: 16" x 24". 40.6 x 61cms

The night of Sunday/Monday, 16/17th May 1943.

617 Sqn took off from RAF Scampton led by Wg. Cdr. G.P. Gibson. Specially adapted Lancasters were used. The fourth aircraft to attack piloted by Sqn. Ldr. H.M. Young was the aircraft which breached the Möhne Dam. The attack was carried out under a full moon for maximum night time visibility. the mine was released at an altitude of 60ft at a speed of 220mph. Codename for the cylindrical mine was 'Upkeep'. Diameter 50". Length 60". Of the 19 aircraft dispatched, 8 failed to return.