{"product_id":"strike-on-berlin-by-anthony-saunders-ap","title":"Strike on Berlin by Anthony Saunders. (AP)","description":"DHM6460AP. Strike on Berlin by Anthony Saunders. \u003cp\u003e The swaggering figure of the Reichsmarshal swept imperiously into the Air Ministry on Berlin's Wilhemstrasse, his jewel-encrusted baton and extravagant uniform as flamboyant as ever. This was Saturday, 30th January 1943, the tenth Anniversary of the Nazi Party coming to power, and Goering was about to deliver the main speech in tribute to the Party and its leader, the Fuhrer - Adolf Hitler.  The Royal Air Force had other plans for the anniversary.  In stark defiance of the imagined air security safeguarding Berlin, brave pilots of 105 and 139 Sqn's took to the air in de Havilland Mosquitoes, on course for Germany.  Their mission: RAF Bomber Command's first daylight raid on Berlin!  The raid was timed to perfection and three Mosquitoes of 105 Sqn raced headlong, low level towards their target - the Haus des Rundfunks, headquarters of the German State broadcasting company.  It was an hour before Goering could finally be broadcast.  He was boiling with rage and humiliation.  A few hours later, adding further insult, Mosquitoes from 139 Sqn swept over the city in a second attack moments before Goebbels addressed a Nazi mass rally in the Sportpalast.  Goering's promise that enemy aircraft would never fly over the Reich was broken, the echo of that shame would haunt him for the rest of the war.  This  dramatic painting pays tribute to this pivotal moment in the war, capturing the Mosquito B.Mk.IVs of 105 Sqn departing the target area, following their successful strike on the Haus des Rundfunk. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigned by Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest (deceased),\u003cbr\u003eFlt Lt Colin Bell DFC\u003cbr\u003eand\u003cbr\u003eFlight Lieutenant George Dunn DFC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 25 artist proofs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (77cm x 61cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military Aviation Art Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54135257923917,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/5449\/9149\/files\/2026NEWdhm6460.jpg?v=1781872261","url":"https:\/\/militaryaviationartprints.com\/products\/strike-on-berlin-by-anthony-saunders-ap","provider":"Military Aviation Art Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}