MF6 The Dams Raid signed Richard Todd OBE

£15.00

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To mark the 60th Anniversary of the Dams Raid carried out by No 617 Squadron on 16/17 May 1943 equipped with specially modified Lancasters fitted with Barnes Wallis` remarkable bouncing bomb we are releasing what will be the most popular cover we have so far issued, with stunning artwork and superb signatures.

The top part of the artwork shows Lancaster AJ-A flown by Squadron Leader H Young about to prepare to make his attack, while the lower half of the artwork shows Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his crew boarding Lancaster AJ-G. The raid was a great success and a great moral boast for the Allied war effort and immortalised in the film `the Dam Busters` released in the mid-1950s.

Each cover bears a British Forces Post Office special handstamp, dated the 16/17 May 2003, which shows the Lancaster AJ-G which Wing Commander Guy Gibson flew, and commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Dams Raid. Furthermore the covers have been double flown in a Tornado of No 617 Squadron and also in VC 10, XV102, named `Guy Gibson VC` of No 10 Squadron.

Hand signed by Richard Todd OBE
200 Signed, Numbered and Certified

Richard Todd OBE, the famous actor who played the part of Guy Gibson in the film 'The Dam Busters' starring along signed Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis. Served during WWII in the Army taking part in the D-Day Landings and in the Capture of Pegasus Bridge, which he later went on to star as his Commanding Officer Major John Howard in the film 'The Longest Day' he is also, very appropriately, vice-president of the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association.