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Wing Commander Guy Gibson’s PILOT’S FLYING LOG BOOK No.2

The COLLECTOR’S EDITION is strictly limited to just NINETEEN copies in memory of the nineteen Lancaster crews that took part in Operation Chastise.

The VETERAN'S EDITION, is even more memorable. Of the nineteen aircraft that set out from Scampton on Operation Chastise, only eleven returned and remembering those survivors, this edition is restricted to only ELEVEN copies worldwide and includes the authentic signatures of FOUR famous Dambusters.

To complete the Veterans Edition, each copy is issued with a special Certificate of Authenticity which doubles as a unique information booklet and includes biographies of the four signatures, full crew list of those who took part in the raid, plus an overview of the awards received by members of 617 Squadron for their part in the raid.

Prints are signed by the artist and numbered

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19 Collector's Editions....$1395

11 Veteran's Editions....Sold out

A FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE LOG BOOK OF THE ICONIC LEADER OF THE DAMBUSTERS RAID

Presented in its own luxury embossed presentation box with an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING by Richard Taylor and specially printed Certificate of Authenticity.

Officially licensed as a faithful reproduction of the original, which is held in the Public Records Office in London, only a limited number have ever been produced. It covers the period from 15 November 1940, with the first written entry an ‘aileron / elevator test’ on a 29 Squadron Blenheim, and records all of his subsequent flights up to the ‘air test’ of a P-38 Lightning on 16 September 1944. Three days later, on 19 September, Gibson was killed piloting a Mosquito over Holland.

For Dambuster enthusiasts, however, the most important entries are those leading up to and including the mission that took place on the 16 / 17 May 1943 – the night he led the Lancasters of 617 Squadron on Operation Chastise, the legendary raid for which his leadership and conspicuous bravery led to the award of the Victoria Cross.

The COLLECTOR’S EDITION is strictly limited to just NINETEEN copies in memory of the nineteen Lancaster crews that took part in Operation Chastise.

Each copy features a faithful reproduction of Guy Gibson’s Flying Log Book No.2 enclosed within a velvet-lined, embossed presentation box which also contains an ORIGINAL pencil drawing specially crafted for the occasion by Richard Taylor, one of Britain’s most talented aviation artists. Both drawing and replica Log Book are authenticated by a specially-formulated Certificate of Authenticity.

The second edition, the VETERAN'S EDITION, is even more memorable. Of the nineteen aircraft that set out from Scampton on Operation Chastise, only eleven returned and remembering those survivors, this edition is restricted to only ELEVEN copies worldwide.

Each original drawing is conservation matted within the presentation box to include the authentic signatures of FOUR famous Dambusters, including the last surviving veteran to take part in the raid.

Matted Signatures (Veteran's Edition):

Sqn Ldr GEORGE JOHNSON MBE DFM - Bomb-Aimer on Lancaster AJ-T

Sqn Ldr LES MUNRO CNZM DSO QSO DFC - Pilot on Lancaster AJ-W

Sqn Ldr DAVE SHANNON DSO* DFC* - Pilot on Lancaster AJ-L

Air Mshl Sir ‘MICK’ MARTIN KCB CB DSO* DFC* AFC - Pilot on Lancaster AJ-P