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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. The Channel Dash (officially known as Operation Cerberus) was one of three operations during the Second World War for which the Swordfish was to become the most famous. Heavily outgunned in the Straits of Dover on this day in February 1942 by the German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, with their accompanying flotilla of destroyers and motor torpedo boats, and with top cover provided by deadly fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe, all six Fleet Air Arm Swordfish were shot down. Only five of the eighteen aircrew survived. Here we see the Swordfish flown by Sub. Lt. Kingsmill and Sub. Lt. Samples with PO Bunce in the rear, fighting for their lives with his machine gun. Item Code : DHM2329 Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Paper size 26.5 inches x 16.5 inches (67cm x 42cm) Bunce, Donald + Artist : Philip West Signature(s) value alone : £15 £150.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT DOUBLE PRINT PACKS! Buy With : The Narvik Squadron by Anthony Saunders. for £190 - Save £80 Buy With : The Channel Dash by Ivan Berryman. for £190 - Save £80 Buy With : Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman (AP) for £240 - Save £50 Buy With : Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. for £190 - Save £80 Buy With : Escort to the Scharnhorst by Simon Atack. (B) for £240 - Save £100 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. DHM2329 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 50 artist proofs Paper size 26.5 inches x 16.5 inches (67cm x 42cm) Brand, Stanley t Lee, Edgar Gillis, N C Sutton, Alan William Frank + Artist : Philip West Signature(s) value alone : £145 £20 Off! Now : £155.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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CPO Donald Bunce CGM (deceased) *Signature Value : £15	Joined FAA in January 1940 and trained as a Telegraphist Air Gunner (TAG). Don was drafted to 825 Squadron and then transferred to HMS Victorious at Scapa Flow, joining HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales. Torpedo attack on Bismarck same day as HMS Hood was sunk. His Squadron later transferred to HMS Ark Royal for Malta Convoys etc until she was torpedoed and sunk. The Squadron reformed at Lee-on-Solent and sent to Manston, Kent where they prepared for the night attack on Scharnhorst, Gneisehau and Prinz Eugen. This turned into a daylight raid on 12th February 1942 and all the aircraft were shot down, with only five survivors – four officers and CPO Bunce himself. From then on Don transferred to training squadrons. He was demobbed in January 1946. He died on 29th September 2008.

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