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EARLY MORNING ARRIVAL
by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 33" x 25"
Edition Size: 1250
Secondary Market
On board is W/O Mynarski, who will be awarded a Posthumous VC in a weeks time. Lancaster V-RA had a young Canadian crew under the command of Andrew Mynarski. At first light on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the bomber made a low-level strike, bombing the heavy coastal gun emplacements at Arromanches in Northern France from just 1,500 feet, a spectacular and exceptionally dangerous mission.
This print shows the Lancaster bomber returning to its base in Colerne. Within a week the bomber would be shot down by a Luftwaffe Ju88 night fighter and Mynarski would lose his life trying to save a trapped crewmen. Andrew Mynarski was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
In addition to the artist this print was individually signed by:
- A. Brodie (Mynarski crew member)
- A. de Breyne (Mynarski crew member & pilot)
- P. Brophy (Mynarski crew member)
- J. Friday (Mynarski crew member)
- J. Kelly (Mynarski crew member)
- R. Vigars (Mynarski crew member)
- Norman Jackson, VC
- Rod Learoyd, VC
- Bill Reid, VC
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
