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Items Signed by Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston (deceased) |
  | Clipped Signature - Raymond Grayston. Price : £55.00 | Flew with No.50 Sqn before joining No.617 Sqn as the Flight Engineer of Lancaster AJ-N piloted by Les Knight on the Dambusters raid. His aircraft breached the Eder Dam. Later he was shot down and imprisoned from September 1943 until liberation. H...... | |
  | The Dambusters by Simon Smith. Price : £165.00 | On the night of 16/17th May 1943,under a full moon, 19 specially modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron carried out one of the most daring and effective air raids of the Second World War. Led by wing commander Guy Gibson the 19 aircraft took o...... | |
| | The Dambusters by Simon Smith (AP) Price : £225.00 | On the night of 16/17th May 1943,under a full moon, 19 specially modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron carried out one of the most daring and effective air raids of the Second World War. Led by wing commander Guy Gibson the 19 aircraft took o...... | |
  | Operation Chastise - The Dambusters by Philip West. (AP) Price : £240.00 | During the night of May 16/17, 1943, 19 Lancasters of the newly formed 617 Squadron carried out daring raids against four dams in the Ruhr. The Primary target was the Mohne dam. Here we see Flt Lt Maltby and crew in AJ-J flying clear of the Mohne be...... | |
  | Every Second Counts - The Dambusters by Philip West. (AP) Price : £240.00 | Wing Commander Guy Gibson and crew have just released their Upkeep mine against their primary target The Mohne dam. Wg. Cdr. Gibson went on to receive the Victoria Cross after leading 19 Lancasters on this historic mission to the Ruhr dams. Operatio...... |
  | Dambusters by Anthony Saunders. Price : £110.00 | Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germanys mighty western dams - the Eder, on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. After hitting the ta...... | |
| | Dambusters by Anthony Saunders. (AP) SOLD OUT | Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germanys mighty western dams - the Eder, on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. After hitting the ta...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters by Anthony Saunders. (B) SOLD OUT | Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germanys mighty western dams - the Eder, on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. After hitting the ta...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters by Anthony Saunders. (XX) Price : £95.00 | Immediately following their devastating attack on the Mohne Dam, the specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron successfully breach the second of Germanys mighty western dams - the Eder, on the night of 16th / 17th May 1943. After hitting the ta...... | |
  | Inbound to Target - The Dambusters by Robert Taylor. Price : £135.00 | 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 - som...... |
| | Inbound to Target - The Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | 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 - som...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Inbound to Target - The Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | 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 - som...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. Price : £190.00 | 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. ...... | |
| | The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. (B) SOLD OUT | 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. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. (C) SOLD OUT | 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. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. (Y) SOLD OUT | 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. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £150.00 | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | |
| | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Price : £180.00 | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | |
| | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £270.00 | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | |
| | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) SOLD OUT | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) SOLD OUT | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £130.00 | No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hyd...... | |
  | Breaching the Eder by Simon Smith. (B) SOLD OUT | On the night of 16th / 17th May 1943, Lancasters of 617 Squadron under the command of Wing Commander Guy Gibson attacked the hydroelectric dams of the Ruhr. Five of the aircraft that successfully attacked and breached the Mohne flew onto the Eder, o...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SOLD OUT | 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 Coulsons painting Summer Harvest winds the clock back sixty years, re...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £230.00 | 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 Coulsons painting Summer Harvest winds the clock back sixty years, re...... |
  | Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | 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 i...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | 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 i...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | 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 i...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | 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...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - The Impossible Mission by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. Price : £135.00 | Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in dark...... | |
| | Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SOLD OUT | Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in dark...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. (XX) Price : £130.00 | Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in dar...... | |
| | Dambusters - The Morning After by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £120.00 | Just after midnight, on the night of 16/17 May 1943, Lancaster crews of 617 Squadron undertook what was to become the most remarkable and probably best remembered air raid of the Second World War. Flying all the way from their base in England in dark...... | |
 | Night of Heroes - The Dambusters by Philip West. (AP) Price : £250.00 | 17th May 1943. Lancasters from 617 Squadron deliver a surprise attack on the Ruhr dams with specially designed, unique bouncing bombs invented by Barnes Wallis. Wing Commander Guy Gibson is shown drawing defensive fire away from Flt Lt Maltbys aircr...... |
| | Night of Heroes - The Dambusters by Philip West. (APB) SOLD OUT | 17th May 1943. Lancasters from 617 Squadron deliver a surprise attack on the Ruhr dams with specially designed, unique bouncing bombs invented by Barnes Wallis. Wing Commander Guy Gibson is shown drawing defensive fire away from Flt Lt Maltbys aircr...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Enemy Coast Ahead - The Dambusters by Philip West. (AP) SOLD OUT | Lancasters of 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson begin their low level cross channel dash towards the enemy coast on the way to the heart of the Ruhr. The aircraft were arranged in three waves. The first wave comprised three groups of th...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Enemy Coast Ahead - The Dambusters by Philip West. (APB) Price : £150.00 | Lancasters of 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson begin their low level cross channel dash towards the enemy coast on the way to the heart of the Ruhr. The aircraft were arranged in three waves. The first wave comprised three groups of th...... | |
  | Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. SOLD OUT | 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 ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) SOLD OUT | 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 ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £300.00 | 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 ...... | |
| | Breaching the Dams by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) SOLD OUT | 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 ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... | |
| | Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £440.00 | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... | |
| | Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £275.00 | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... |
| | Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dambusters - Breaching the Eder Dam by Robert Taylor. (GS) SOLD OUT | Mist and fog swirled eerily over the Eder Lake on the night of 16/17 May 1943 as four specially modified Lancasters of 617 Squadron, under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, circled overhead. Their target, the mighty Eder Dam, was barely ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Breaching the Möhne by Anthony Saunders. Price : £195.00 | The Dambusters - Target X. Twenty minutes had passed and three Lancasters had attacked but there was still no sign of a breach in the Möhne Dam, the first of three primary targets for the newly-formed elite 617 Squadron under the command of ...... | |
| | Breaching the Möhne by Anthony Saunders. (AP) Price : £295.00 | The Dambusters - Target X. Twenty minutes had passed and three Lancasters had attacked but there was still no sign of a breach in the Möhne Dam, the first of three primary targets for the newly-formed elite 617 Squadron under the command of W...... | |
  | Bomb Away! The Third Assault by Robert Taylor. Price : £145.00 | On the night of 16th - 17th May 1943 nineteen specially modified Lancasters of No.617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two. The ultra-secret oper...... |
| | Bomb Away! The Third Assault by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | On the night of 16th - 17th May 1943 nineteen specially modified Lancasters of No.617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two. The ultra-secret oper...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Bomb Away! The Third Assault by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | On the night of 16th - 17th May 1943 nineteen specially modified Lancasters of No.617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two. The ultra-secret oper...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Bomb Away! The Third Assault by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | On the night of 16th - 17th May 1943 nineteen specially modified Lancasters of No.617 Squadron departed from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire on one of the most secret and daring bombing operations undertaken during World War Two. The ultra-secret oper...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The Dambusters - Last Moments of the Möhne Dam by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | As they cleared the surrounding hills the valley unfolded to reveal the black waters of the lake glistening in the crystal clear moonlight. And then, away in the distance, they saw the target they had come to destroy - the Möhne Dam. The larg...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £425.00 | In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr...... |
| | The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £325.00 | In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr...... | |
| | The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. (RM) SOLD OUT | In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | The Dambusters - Three Good Bounces by Robert Taylor. (RMB) SOLD OUT | In the history of air warfare few missions come close in terms of courage and the highest skills of precision flying to the one carried out by 617 Squadron on the night of 16th-17th May 1943. Codenamed Operation Chastise, their mission was to destr...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | A Lincolnshire Sunset 1944 by Gerald Coulson (AP) SOLD OUT | The Avro Lancaster was possibly the most versatile and successful bomber aircraft ever and certainly became the backbone of RAF Bomber Command during WWII. Being able to deliver a greater payload than any other aircraft of The War, the Lancaster was ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston Squadron details |
No.617 Sqn RAF Country : UK Known Codes : , AJ, YZ, KC, | No.617 Sqn RAF Apres mois, le deluge - After me, the flood |
| Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston Aircraft details |
 Lancaster Manufacturer : Avro Built : 7377 | Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. |
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