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Items Signed by Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB CB DSO* AFC RAAF (deceased) |
| Inbound to Target - The Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | The crews of 617 Squadron that took part in the epic Dambusters raid on the night of 16/17 May 1943 were among the finest in the RAF. They were the elite of Bomber Command, and when they left RAF Scampton that night, the skills of their pilots - som...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. (C) SOLD OUT | Mick Martin's Lancaster pulls away from the Möhne Dam, his Upkeep bomb exploding behind him sending a huge plume of water into the air. Guy Gibson flies to his right drawing flak from the anti-aircraft guns on the towers. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Bomb Away! The Third Assault by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | On the night of 16th - 17th May 1943 nineteen specially modified Lancasters of No.617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two. The ultra-secret oper...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Straggler Returns by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB CB DSO* AFC RAAF (deceased) |
Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB CB DSO* AFC RAAF Squadron details |
No.617 Sqn RAF Country : UK Known Codes : , AJ, YZ, KC, | No.617 Sqn RAF Apres mois, le deluge - After me, the flood |
Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin KCB CB DSO* AFC RAAF Aircraft details |
Lancaster Manufacturer : Avro Built : 7377 | Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. |
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