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R G Bob Large
| Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased) 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. |
Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased) |
 | Only the Brave by Philip West. SOLD OUT | 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 an...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Only the Brave by Philip West. (AP) SOLD OUT | 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 an...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Tally Ho! by Philip West. (AP) Price : £195.00 | Flt. Lt. Geoffrey Wellum of 92 Squadron once again takes his trusted Spitfire into attack high over southern England. Any moment now both he and one other Spitfire pilot will be flying into hell amongst at least a dozen Luftwaffe He111s on their wa...... | |
  | Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. Price : £145.00 | Lysanders of 161 Special Operations Squadron turn onto their final course to a clandestine landing field somewhere in central occupied France during a full moon period in 1943. Based at Tempsford, Bedfordshire and often operating from Tangmere to sho...... | |
| | Loire Rendezvous by Philip West (AP) SOLD OUT | Lysanders of 161 Special Operations Squadron turn onto their final course to a clandestine landing field somewhere in central occupied France during a full moon period in 1943. Based at Tempsford, Bedfordshire and often operating from Tangmere to sho...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Winter of 41 by Philip West. (APB) Price : £105.00 | Heavy snow during the winter of 1941 often kept pilots and their aircraft grounded, despite the best efforts of the ground crew. Spitfire G George - based at RAF Manston and assigned to Flt. Lt. Geoffrey Wellum, could only resume combat sweeps over ...... | |
| | Winter of 41 by Philip West. (B) SOLD OUT | Heavy snow during the winter of 1941 often kept pilots and their aircraft grounded, despite the best efforts of the ground crew. Spitfire G George - based at RAF Manston and assigned to Flt. Lt. Geoffrey Wellum, could only resume combat sweeps over ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Spitfires - High Patrol by Philip West. (AP) SOLD OUT | A gathering section of 124 Squadron Spitfires led by Peter Ayerst climbs for height above the bomber stream and a lone Mosquito. This squadron plus many others was tasked with protecting the bombers over occupied Europe. For these long range mission...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Top Cover by Philip West. (AP) Price : £170.00 | Flt/Lt John Dundas, having already notched up eleven victories to his name during the Battle of Britain 1940, is viewed out on the last patrol of the day off the Isle of Wight. In a few moments he will be heading back to his base at Middle Wallop. ...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant R G (Bob) Large, DFC, Legion d Honneur (deceased) |
 | Pack 966. Pack of two Lysander Aircraft prints by Graeme Lothian and Philip West. Pack Price : £185.00 Saving : £105 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. | |
| | Pack 967. Pack of two Lysander Aviation Prints by Graeme Lothian and Philip West. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £120 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian (B) Loire Rendezvous by Philip West. |
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