Frank Wootton ( 1911 - 1998 )

Avro Lancasters of 617 Squadron attack the Mohne dam in
the early hours of 17th May 1943


Avro Lancasters of 617 Squadron attack the Mohne dam in
the early hours of 17th May 1943


SOLD oil on canvas, signed lower right

item sold

Provenance:

purchased directly from the artist in the 1960s by the family
of General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, USAAF, (1886-1950);
thence by descent in a private collection, USA.

Literature:

Paul Brickhill, The Dam Busters (Bantam Books Inc., 1979),
front cover illustration [detail] and fold-out frontispiece

Frank Wootton