The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. (C) SIG149 Knights Cross Edition

Knights Cross Edition

As the sun slowly begins to rise this wintry morning over Thorpe Abbots

After the war he had his own carpentry business and lives in retirement with his wife at Pierrefontaine in good health

the Hurricane was hit by ground fire and lost oil pressure

After the initial artillery salvoes

The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. (C) SIG149 Knights Cross EditionDHM6007C. The Dambusters by Ivan Berryman. Lancasters of 617 Sqn Dambusters get airborne from their Scampton base at the start of their journey to the Ruhr Valley on the night of 16th May 1943 under the codename Operation Chastise. These are aircraft of the First Wave, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the Second Wave having already departed some ten minutes earlier to negotiate a more northerly route to their targets. On this momentous night, both