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With the familiar Lincolnshire
countryside beckoning, a Lancaster of the famous 617
“Dambusters” Squadron, makes its final approach after a raid
on Germany, late summer 1944. Gerald Coulson’s new painting
Summer Harvest winds the clock back sixty years, recreating
a typical East Anglican countryside scene in late 1944. With
the sun well above the horizon, a Lancaster comes thundering
in on finals after a grueling night precision bombing
mission over Germany. Below, farm workers busy gathering the
summer harvest, stop to marvel at the sheer power and
majesty of the mighty aircraft, and to dwell briefly on what
horrors its crew may have endured on their perilous journey.
Joining artist Gerald Coulson, each
print in the Pilots Edition is signed by three RAF Bomber
Command pilots who flew operations on Lancasters with 617
Squadron during the height of operations in World War II. |
