Raining Fire by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Flying impossibly low en route to the Sorpe Dam on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise, Flight Sergeant Ken Brown's Lancaster ED918(G) encountered a number of German trains. On three occasions, AJ-F's nose and tail gunners (Sgt D Allaston, front and F/Sgt G S MacDonald, rear) opened fire, pouring shells and hot tracer rounds into the lumbering locomotive and its rolling stock, wreaking havoc along the way. ED918(G) eventually arrived at the Sorpe Dam at 3.00am where it successfully released its Upkeep bomb, but without breaching the dam. Brown and his crew returned safely, their aircraft riddled with holes, perhaps partially due to their route home taking them over the breached Mohne Dam, where they briefly exchanged gunfire with the German batteries there.

Supplied with the original signatures of :
Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM,
Flight Sergeant Grant S McDonald RCAF (deceased)
and
Sergeant Frederick E. Sutherland RCAF.

Presentation edition of 5 prints.

Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm)