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Ken Brown
| Squadron Leader Ken Brown CGM RCAF (deceased) Born 20th August 1920. Joined the Canadian Air Force in 1941, and joined No.617 Sqn in 1943. Pilot and Captain of Lancaster AJ-F, he attacked the Sorpe Dam. Ken Brown died 23rd December 2002. |
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Clipped Signature - Ken Brown. Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and by 1943 was a pilot in No.617 Sqn Royal Air Force. For Operation Chastise, the Dambusters Raid of 16th/17th May 1943, he was Captain and Pilot of Lancaster ED918 AJ-F 'F for Freddie' as it shot up trains and bombed the Sorpe Dam. He died in 2002. Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and by 1943 was a pilot in No.617 Sqn Royal Air Force. For Operation Chastise, the Dambusters Raid of 16th/17th May 1943, he was Captain and Pilot of Lancaster ED918 AJ-F 'F for Freddie' as it shot up trains and bombed the Sorpe Dam. He died in 2002. |
Inbound to Target - The Dambusters by Robert Taylor. The crews of 617 Squadron that took part in the epic Dambusters raid on the night of 16/17 May 1943 were among the finest in the RAF. They were the elite of Bomber Command, and when they left RAF Scampton that night, the skills of their pilots - some of the finest of the Second World War, would be tested to the limit. First, they must guide their aircraft across heavily defended enemy territory at altitudes often as low as fifty feet, dodging flak, trees, buildings and power lines. And then they must attack their targets with a precision unmatched in the annals of the RAF. Of all the pilots who took to the skies that night, no-one was more accomplished at low-level flying than Flight Lieutenant Mick Martin, and it is his aircraft, Lancaster AJ-P that is the subject of this artwork. In company with Flight Lieutenant John Hopgood in the distance, they follow one of the many canals of Holland, wingtips barely missing the sails of the windmills, en-route to the Mohne Dam. |
The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. Mick Martin's Lancaster pulls away from the Möhne Dam, his Upkeep bomb exploding behind him sending a huge plume of water into the air. Guy Gibson flies to his right drawing flak from the anti-aircraft guns on the towers. |
Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. Dinghy Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through flak and machine gun fire towards the Mohne Dam at precisely 60ft, has just released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered bouncing bomb - clearly visible against the huge splash created as it hits the water. The mighty Mohne Dam has but moments to live. |
Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. The Mohne Dam gives way as David Maltbys Lancaster releases its bomb to deliver the coup de grace on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. Guy Gibson, nearest, and Mick Martin, having already dropped their bombs, make dummy runs with lights on to draw enemy fire. |
Dambusters by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT. |
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