ROBERT TAYLOR Dambusters Impossible Mission MÖHNE DAM withSEVEN Signatures RARE

  
"DAMBUSTERS - THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION". "DAMBUSTERS - THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION" by the artist Robert Taylor is a signed and numbered limited edition print from an extremely small edition limited to ONLY 350 prints.

This is the SEVEN signatures COLLECTORS EDITION. Don't miss out on this amazing and rare opportunity!

As we came over the hill we saw the Möhne Lake. Then we saw the dam itself. In that light it looked squat, and heavy, and unconquerable.

(Squadron Leader Guy Gibson) All was peace and quiet in the Ruhr valley on the night of 16/17 May, 1943. At the Möhne, Sorpe, and Ennepe Dams situated along the river's tribu­taries, and the Eder Dam to the east, bright moonlight illuminated the night sky. The normally dark waters of the reservoirs - huge lakes held back by the mighty dams - glinted brightly in the moonshine, their calm reflections stretching away towards the distant hills. To the flak gunners on duty, relaxing in their turrets, it was a scene of tranquility, even beauty. In any case, they were sure the sky was too dangerously bright for a visit from the RAF on that starry night.

Their reverie was rudely interrupted at 0020 hours when a Lancaster, flown by Guy Gibson, made a dummy run over the Möhne Dam to test the defenses. Quickly springing to action, anti-aircraft flak and machine guns concentrated their fire on the aircraft, green, yellow, and red tracer reflecting on the surface of the lake. The gunners still had no idea what was to come. Unscathed, Gibson called up the five aircraft in his flight, in preparation for the attack. During the next few minutes he and the crews of No.

617 Squadron were to complete one of the most daring raids in the annuls of air warfare, and overnight acquire lasting legendary status. Following Gibson's lead, one-by-one they flew their heavily modified Lancasters into a curtain of deadly gunfire, somehow maintaining a precise height of 60 feet and speed of 230 mph - both calibrated to allow their Barnes Wallis designed bouncing bomb to strike the dam wall, sink, and explode. "DAMBUSTERS - THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION" is an aviation masterpiece which captures the very essence of the Dams raids carried out nearly 70 years ago: "Dinghy" Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Möhne Dam at precisely 60 feet, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb - clearly visible against the huge splash created as it hits the water. The mighty Möhne Dam has but moments to live. In addition to the artist this print has been personally signed in pencil by SEVEN veterans who took part in the Dambusters Raid: SIZE=3>. Squadron Leader LES MUNRO DSO DFC RNZAF. This print is in mint condition, has never been framed, and, like all of our prints, has been stored flat. It has an overall size of 36½" x 21¼" and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a descriptive four-page color brochure. GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING!