On
the night of 16th May 1943, W/C Gibson would lead his
highly trained squadron to successfully attack the dams
of the Ruhr Valley in the industrial heartland of
Germany. Code named ‘Operation Chastise’ the
attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams demanded, high
precision, low level flying to deliver the unique Barnes
Wallis designed ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb. The
success of Operation Chastise would write 617 Squadron
into the history books as perhaps the most legendary of
all the squadrons within Bomber Command.
The Cambridge Stamp Centre have produced a superb set of
souvenir envelopes which commemorate the 65th Anniversary
of the bombing of the Ruhr Dams in Operation Chastise.
The cover illustration features a Lancaster bomber flying
over the Mohne Dam and has a diagram showing the path of
the ‘Upkeep’ bouncing bomb. The covers will be
signed by the 6 surviving members of the original 617 ‘Dambuster’ Squadron and are postmarked
17th May 2008, 65th anniversary date for raid in 1943.SET
OF 5 (all of the same design)
Personally
autographed by
the surviving ‘Dambusters’ of 617 Squadron, the
Raid on the Ruhr Dams
S/L J. Les Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC; F/O Raymond E.
Grayston RAF;
F/O Fredrick E. Sutherland RCAF; F/Sgt Grant McDonald
RCAF;
S/L George Johnson DFM, RAF
also
available in this series (same design)
Signed
Founder
Adjutant F/L Harry Humphries RAF
(Recently
deceased)
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