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 No Turning Back
by Robert Taylor


On the night of November the 3rd. 1943, Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid took his No. 61 Squadron Lancaster off to join a raid on Dusseldorf. En route the aircraft was attacked by an Me110, shattering the Lancaster's windshield, damaging the elevator and wounding Reid in the head.
Despite his injury Reid carried on and was later attacked again, this time by a Focke Wulf 190. In this attack the navigator was killed, the wireless operator fatally injured, much damage was caused to the Lancaster and Reid was wounded again.
Still Reid carried on to the target where the bomb-aimer was able to drop on target. Surviving heavy AA fire on the return journey Reid bought the battered Lancaster home, where one undercarriage leg collapsed on landing.
For his great courage and tenacity Bill Reid was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Signed by: Bill Reid - Wilf Burnett - Sir Ivor Broom - Tony Iveson. 

31¾" x 23¾"

Available in the following editions

600 Aircrew edition   Signed by four Lancaster pilots. $320
200 Bomber Command edition Signed by twelve Lancaster aircrew. Includes companion print. $475


     "Crossing the Coast"

The Bomber Command edition includes this companion print, depicting a Lancaster of 44 Sqdn. crossing the English coast on it's return from a raid on Germany. The original canvas was signed by Sir Arthur Harris, and this can clearly be seen on the print.
17½" x 12"



Limited edition signatures:
Bill Reid  Wilf Burnett Sir Ivor Broom Tony Iveson.


Bomber Command edition signatures:
Bill Reid Wilf Burnett Sir Ivor Broom Tony Iveson.
Stan Bradford Dudly Burnside Lawrence Curtis William Farquharson
Robert Knights Douglas Newham Kenneth Wolstenholme Dennis Woolley


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