"Operation Jericho" - The Amiens Raid

Ref: SWA-PW45

by Philip E West


Edition size: 300


Overall Size 28 in x 20 in - Image Size 25½in x 14½in




Every print is signed by Maxwell Sparks and Arthur Dunlop - the two men depicted in this aircraft.


A Certificate of Authenticity and biographical details on each signatory accompanies every print.


On 18th February 1944 Mosquitoes of 487 Squadron (New Zealand), 464 Squadron (Australian) and 21 Squadron took off from R.A.F. Hunsdon. Target – the prison at Amiens, France. In this picture having approached the prison at a height of just 10 feet, Pilot Officer Maxwell Sparks and Navigator Arthur Dunlop dropped their bombs before climbing and barely clearing the prison rooftop