The Horror and the Glory by Ivan Berryman. AIT277B0514. The Horror and the Glory by Ivan Berryman. The flight to the Ruhr dams on the night of 16th 17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise was fraught with peril as each wave of three aircraft hugged the ground across Holland and into Germany to avoid detection. Having flown particularly low to avoid the flak and searchlights near Dulmen, ED864 (AJ B) piloted by Flt Lt W Astell sadly hit high tension wires and immediately burst into flames, the
With his unmistakable skill and vivid imagination Robert cleverly contrasts the exhilaration of the low-level combat flying
fires off a half-salvo of four rockets
they all dared to survive
Tribute to Snr Lt Ivan Vasil'evich Maslov by Ivan Berryman
Flt Lt Tom Austin DFC AE
Only 2 copies available of this sold out edition
Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
Arminius who held a grudge against the Romans
Major Gerhard Schopfel (deceased)
Within a short time
thus ending an illustrious combat career comprising 550 combat missions and 57 aerial victories
the Air Force suspended Blackbird operations in 1990