Lysander Aircraft Prints by Philip West and Graeme Lothian.
PCK1318. Lysander Aircraft Prints by Philip West and Graeme Lothian.Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM1602. 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). Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM1155B. 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 250 prints, signed by Sir Lewis Hodges, DSO, DFC, Legion d Honneur and Croix de Guerre. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)
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