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Lysander Aviation Prints by Philip West and Graeme Lothian. - Direct Art
DHM1602AP. Only the Brave by Philip West. <p> A Lysander prepares to leave its base on yet another dangerous and secret mission to drop agents into occupied France during WWII. Agents and Pilots alike, took great personal risk during these operations. Pilots having to navigate by map, timing and sight, find and land in fields in the dead of night. Agents having to slip away into the countryside, constantly aware that the enemy could discover them at any moment.  They were the bravest of the brave. <p><b>SOLD OUT.</b><b><p> Signed by Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased) and Captain Murray Anderson DFC*. <p> Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. <p> Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm)
DHM1155AP.  Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. <p>A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadron, the most secret of all RAF squadrons, had in its flight, Lysanders, Hudsons, and Halifaxes which carried out parachute operations. Two of 161s top pilots Hugh Verity and Lewis Hodges both received the DSO & bar and DFC & bar, and from France the Legion dHonneur and the Croix de Guerre.<b><p>Signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased). <p> Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, signed by Sir Lewis Hodges.  <p>Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)

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Lysander Aviation Prints by Philip West and Graeme Lothian.

PCK1320. Lysander Aviation Prints by Philip West and Graeme Lothian.

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DHM1602AP. Only the Brave by Philip West.

A Lysander prepares to leave its base on yet another dangerous and secret mission to drop agents into occupied France during WWII. Agents and Pilots alike, took great personal risk during these operations. Pilots having to navigate by map, timing and sight, find and land in fields in the dead of night. Agents having to slip away into the countryside, constantly aware that the enemy could discover them at any moment. They were the bravest of the brave.

SOLD OUT.

Signed by Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased) and Captain Murray Anderson DFC*.

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.

Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm)


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DHM1155AP. Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian.

A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadron, the most secret of all RAF squadrons, had in its flight, Lysanders, Hudsons, and Halifaxes which carried out parachute operations. Two of 161s top pilots Hugh Verity and Lewis Hodges both received the DSO & bar and DFC & bar, and from France the Legion dHonneur and the Croix de Guerre.

Signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased).

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, signed by Sir Lewis Hodges.

Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)





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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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The signature of Captain Murray Anderson DFC* (deceased)

Captain Murray Anderson DFC* (deceased)
*Signature Value : £15 (matted)

Commissioned in the Royal Tank Regiment from RMA Woolwich in 1939, Murray Anderson was seconded to the Royal Air Force in 1940. He flew Spitfires with No.1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Benson until 1943. He then joined 161 (Special Duties) Squadron flying Lysanders, and was the most successful pick up pilot for the whole of that year even though in May 1944 he was posted to 65 Squadron 2nd Tactical Air Force, flying Mustangs. After a rest period he was posted to 52 Sqn at Dum Dum in May 1945. Murray Anderson died in April 2016.


The signature of Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased)

Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased)
*Signature Value : £20 (matted)

Learned to fly in Scotland in 1940 and in 1941 joined 616 Squadron as part of the Tangmere Wing, commanded by the famous legless pilot Wing Commander Douglas Bader. The Squadron flew Fighter and Bomber sweeps over Northern France. The remains of Bobs Spitfire lie at the bottom of the sea ten miles off Hythe (where he now lives) after being bounced by eighty plus ME 109Gs over the English Channel. Having learned of the activities of 161 SD Squadron he was interviewed by the CO, Wing Commander Lewis Hodges, and joined the Lysander Flight. He then flew many important missions into occupied France in single, double and a memorable treble pickup when his excuse for being late at the rendezvous was that he had had a haircut in the firms time because it grew in the firms time! After D-Day he returned to Fighter Command and later flew Meteors. (Bobs dog, Patrick, became the first dog in the Allied Forces to fly in a jet which took place in a Meteor 3 on 11th May 1946 and is now recorded in the Guinness Book of Records!) We have learned that Bob Large died on 29th December 2015.
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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The signature of Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC* (deceased)
*Signature Value : £40 (matted)

Lewis Hodges flew with 49 Sqn from June 1940 until he was shot down over occupied France in Sept 1940 and taken prisoner by the Vichy French. He managed to escape and made his way back to England, rejoining 49 Sqn. He took part in the attacks against the German Channel dash operation in Feb 1942. In Nov of that year he joined 161 (Special Duties) Sqn, flying Halifaxes, Lysanders and Hudsons landing and parachuting agents into German occupied territory. Among the people he brought out of France were two future Presidents - Vincent Auriol and Francois Mitterand. He died 4th January 2007.

Lewis Hodges signing prints of - Lysander Pick Up - by Graeme Lothian.

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