An Early Bath by Ivan Berryman. SCN87 of Wing Commander Guy Gibson

of Wing Commander Guy Gibson was the first aircraft to make an attempt at breaching the Möhne Dam on the night of 16/17th of May 1943 as Operation Chastise got underway

those that flew this big

Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary

Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x51cm)

the Coldstream Guards lost 97 killed

An Early Bath by Ivan Berryman. SCN87 of Wing Commander Guy GibsonDHM1922. An Early Bath by Ivan Berryman. In the early evening of the 18th of July 1941, following coastguard reports of an enemy aircraft in their vicinity, two Hurricanes of 87 Sqn on detachment at the Airfield at St Mary's, Scilly Isles were scrambled to an area some 30 miles south west of the Scilly Isles where they intercepted a lone Heinkel He111. Alex Thom was the first to attack, his windscreen being sprayed with oil as his rounds tore into the