EARLY MORNING ARRIVAL (Rare Secondary Market Print)

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

Overall print size: 33" x 25"

Edition Size: 1500